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01 Prairie Vision: Hale Library’s New Front Porch

Amanda Santoro

• 1st Prize National Winner EPA Rainworks Challenge 2013 • ASLA Central States Merit Award 2013 02 Re-envisioning Campus Creek • ASLA Central States Honor Award 2016

03 Threads: Stitching Lives Across the Rails • Kansas APA New Horizons Award 2014

04 Meeting Ground: Where People and Ideas Collide 05 Recycling as Play: Master’s Report 06 North Kansas City High School 07 Winnetonka High School 08 Regional Law Enforcement Memorial Garden 09 Planting the Seed: A School Design Activity 10 Graphics: Rendering, Mapping + Hand Sketching

address: 4330 NW Claymont Dr. Kansas, MO 64116 email: amanda.santoro0815@gmail.com cell: 316.708.1992

Cityscapes have complex issues at multiple scales, which are critically important to solve. From streetscapes to master planning, cityscapes can become greener and active spaces that are framed through design decisions. Through this portfolio, I am depicting my best work encompassing my passion for green, multi-functional, and active spaces for people.

Prairie Vision

Hale Library’s New Front Porch Location: Manhattan, KS Year: Fall 2013 Interdisciplinary Team Project

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Awards: • 1st Place in 2013 EPA Rainworks Competition (Site Design Category)

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CENTER

• ASLA Central State Conference Merit Award

Outside the entrances of Hale Library on Kansas State University Campus, a landscape of 13,260 square ft transforms into a highly improved stormwater management system while educating a high volume of viewers. • The site will successfully manage stormwater from the surrounding watersheds, promote a campus greenway network, and educate passersby about this pocket of sustainable design on campus. • Features include water filtration and infiltration runnel systems, rain gardens, permeable paving, decreased lawn space, native plantings, shaded hardscape, and wet meadow areas. • Seating nooks encourage people to sit and observe the systems, university community, and wildlife. 6

HALE LIBRARY Prairie Vision sustainable model

ANDERSON LAWN

BEACH ART MUSEUM (Santoro & Heermann)

Disconnected Downspouts

West Entrance

East Entrance

Wet Meadow

Drainage Inlet

Buffalo Grass Border

Site Plan Transplanted Memorial Trees

N Seating Nooks

Cobble Runnel

Accent Grate & Sand-blasted Sidewalk

Butterfly Rain Garden

Permeable Paver Plaza

Conceptual Design & Planting Palette

My contribution to project focused on the conceptual design and planting palette choices based on seasonal characteristics and effective placement for stormwater management. • Lawn space provides a visual break between wet meadows and butterfly rain gardens.

• Wet meadow basins will detain water for a short time until overflowing into the storm drain.

• Native buffalo grass minimizes erosion on steeper slopes, where water flows over during 100 year storm events.

• Along the library facade, lower vegetation transitions into taller shrubs to add texture, color, diversity, and reduce the large vertical scale of Hale Library.

• Native forbs dominate butterfly rain gardens creating observable new habitats.

Seasonal Characteristics Eastern Redbud American Plum Side Oats Grama Prairie Dropseed Switch Grass Redtwig Dogwood ‘Hedgerows Gold’ Little Blue Stem Tussock Sedge Swamp Milkweed New England Aster Goldenrod

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(Santoro & Heermann)

Wet Meadow Planting Palette

Transition Edges

Buffalo Grass

Side Oats Grama

Throughout Entire Meadow

Switch Grass

Little Blue Stem

New England Aster

Goldenrod

Prairie Dropseed

Indian Grass

In Basin Low Spots

Cord Grass

Swamp Milkweed

Bordering The Building Base

Tussock Sedge

Prairie Willow

American Plum

Redtwig Dogwood

Re-establishing Natural Water Processes

Evapotranspiration

Butterfly rain garden detention

(Heermann) Weirs slowing runoff Grate for water visibility

Runnel infiltration

Designed Stormwater Levels Overflow inlet set at higher elevation

10 Year Storm Level 5 Year Storm Level 2 Year Storm Level 1 Year Storm Level

Butterfly Rain Gardens Wet Meadow

Runnel

Existing Vegetation

Proposed Vegetation

(Sickmann)

Significant Overall Benefits • Restores a total of 9,147.60 ft2 (0.21 acres) of Flint Hills region native vegetation

• Removes 12,500 ft2 of irrigated lawn, reducing water consumption and minimizing motorized maintenance

• Retains 100% of the stormwater (24,000 gallons) from a one year storm. In a ten year storm, 65% of stormwater (45,900 gallons) is retained.

• Provides a new outdoor amenity for the more than 24,000 students, faculty and staff of Kansas State University and the greater community

• Removes 303.5 ft2 of impervious concrete for a permeable paver seating plaza totaling 870.5 ft2 adjacent to the east entrance.

• Promotes environmental awareness and stewardship by exposing campus users to a site scale example of green infrastructure.

Re-envisioning Campus Creek Location: Manhattan, KS Year: Student Work; Fall 2014 Interdisciplinary Team Project Role: Project Manager for Creek Channel Design Team and Final Graphic Development Team Awards:

• ASLA Central State Honor Award (Design Unbuilt) 2016

Deepening the 2012 Campus Master Plan, K-State’s Campus Creek transforms into an urbanized waterway that aims to reveals and demonstrates how it can become a resilient, environmentally, and socially beneficial campus amenity. • The channel becomes a more stabilized creek to help mitigate stormwater issues based on a watershed assessment and hydrology models developed by the studio. • Environmental benefits fostered by the design’s channel and native vegetation include reduced erosion and flooding, carbon sequestration, and improved water quality. • Socially beneficial features include plaza spaces for gatherings, outdoor amphitheater seating, creek-side trail systems, seating alcoves, and interpretive signage 12

B TYPE CHANNEL C TYPE CHANNEL

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Parameters Channel Types CHANNEL TYPOLOGIES & CHARACTERISTICS Rosgen Stream ClassiďŹ cation

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For the analysis of the current conditions and design of the proposed Campus Creek Stream, the studio used the Rosgen method of stream classification and natural channel design. This practice looks to return the channel to stability by designing the 3-dimensional For Kansas, the stable classifi cations types are B and C; however, some instances type E streams are present profimost le of common the streamstream to transport water in quasi-equilibrium at bankfull flow.inBankfull is a water capacity designation that occurs within the Flint hydro-physiographic province. Thconsidered e Campusthe Creek Channel design incorporated of thischannel channel types to on a Hills 1.5 year re-occurrence interval, and it is effective stream channel flow, whereallstream features like bars, create a stable stream thened campus corridor. riffl es andchannel pools areform mostwithin often defi and formed.

Description

For Kansas, the most common stream stable classifications types are B and C; however, in some instances type E streams are present within the Flint Hills hydro-physiographic province. The Campus Creek Channel design incorporated all of this channel types to create a stable stream channel form within the campus corridor.

B Type

Type B stream chanels have a more trapezoidal channel form with point bars and bankfull features typically forming on E TYPE CHANNEL alternating banks. Theses channels are straighter than other channel types, typically due to regulating valley slopes, resulting Parameters E Ratio: TYPE CHANNEL Entrenchment >2.2 (slightly entrenched) in a stream that has moderately high entrenchment. This create Width / Depth Ratio: <12 (very low) a stream with deeper scour pools and more developed riffles, Sinuosity: Parameters >1.5 (very high) Slope: 2% sometimes Entrenchment Ratio: >2.2 (slightly entrenched) forming occasional small rapid features.

Width / Depth Ratio: <12 (very low) Sinuosity: >1.5 (very high) Description Slope: 2% Type E streams have very high sinuosity and very low width to depth ratios. These parameters define a stream with a near box shaped profile and narrow bankfull width.

Description

Type E streams have very high sinuosity and very low width to depth ratios. These parameters define a stream with a near box shaped profile and narrow bankfull width.

Entrenchment Ratio: Width / Depth Ratio: Sinuosity: Slope:

Parameters >1.4 - 2.2 (moderate) Entrenchment >12 (moderately low)Ratio: Width / Depth Ratio: >1.2 (moderate sinuosity) 2 - 3.9Sinuosity: % Slope:

>2.2 (slightly entrenched) >12 (moderate / high) >1.2 (moderately high sinuosity) .1 - 2%

C Type

Description

Type B stream chanels have a more Description trapezoidal channel form Typetypically C streamforming channelson are the most common channel form in with point bars and bankfull features Hillsthan province. alternating banks. Theses channels the are Flint straighter otherThis form has very good flood plane B TYPE CHANNEL contact and moderate sinuosity. They form on narrow to wide channel types, typically due to regulating valley slopes, resulting stream valley onTh top of alluvial deposits. Wide bottom streams, inParameters a stream that has moderately high entrenchment. is create they are often wider that they are deep. The bed material is often B TYPE CHANNEL aEntrenchment stream with pools and more developed riffles, Ratio: deeper >1.4scour - 2.2 (moderate) ne but gravel banks are not uncommon. Width / Depth Ratio: >12 (moderately low) sometimes forming occasional small very rapidfifeatures. Parameters Sinuosity: >1.2 (moderate sinuosity) Slope: 2 - 3.9 % Entrenchment Ratio: >1.4 - 2.2 (moderate) Width / Depth Ratio: >12 (moderately low) Sinuosity: >1.2 (moderate sinuosity) Description Slope: 2 - 3.9 % Type B stream chanels have a more trapezoidal channel form with point bars and bankfull features typically forming on alternating banks. Theses channels are straighter than other Description channel types, typically due to regulating valley slopes, resulting Type B stream chanels have a more trapezoidal channel form in a stream that has moderately high features entrenchment. Thforming is create on with point bars and bankfull typically a stream with deeper scour pools and more developedthan riffles, alternating banks. Theses channels are straighter other sometimes forming occasional rapid features. channel types, typically duesmall to regulating valley slopes, resulting in a stream that has moderately high entrenchment. This create a stream with deeper scour pools and more developed riffles, sometimes forming occasional small rapid features.

C TYPE CHANNEL Parameters Entrenchment Ratio: Width / Depth Ratio: Sinuosity: Slope:

>2.2 (slightly entrenched) >12 (moderate / high) >1.2 (moderately high sinuosity) .1 - 2%

Description

Type C stream channels are the most common channel form in the Flint Hills province. This form has very good flood plane contact and moderate sinuosity. They form on narrow to wide stream valley on top of alluvial deposits. Wide bottom streams, they are often wider that they are deep. The bed material is often very fine but gravel banks are not uncommon.

Bankfull Bankfull

Floodplain Floodplain

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Floodplain

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BANK SUPPORTING VEGETATION BANK SUPPORTING VEGETATION

Bankfull

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Floodplain

BANK SUPPORTING VEGETATION BANK SUPPORTING VEGETATION Woody shrubs and debris help help to maintain stable banks along with Woody shrubs and debris to maintain stable banks along with densedense shrubs and grasses. shrubs and grasses.

Bankfull Floodplain

Bankfull

BANK SUPPORTING VEGETATION The banks of the C channel are supported by grasses and shrub vegetation with occasional trees supporting the banks.

Floodplain

The Prairie

(Rostek, Cocchiara, Liu)

Transformed area in the north part of campus, that creates opportunities for ecological studies, while providing a trail system through the native prairies grasses.

The Savanna This area becomes a transition area between the prairie and the woodlands. A series of more formal trails allow for intimate seating areas nearby the creek.

(Rostek, Cocchiara, Liu)

The Prairie

A “E” type channel

The Savanna

A “B” type channel

The Woodland

A “C” type channel

(Albracht, Heermann, Tudor)

The Woodland The transformed woodland area of the Campus Creek Corridor acts as an oasis for students living on campus. The naturalistic corridor extends towards formal areas that provide space for activity and gathering.

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Bankside Amphitheater

Mid-Campus Plaza An area of a high activity on campus perfect for a plaza and amphitheater to encourage students to spend time near the creek. This rendering is one of the many rendered details done to explain aspects of the master plan.

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Conceptual Site Plan

Threads

Stitching Lives Across the Rails

Threads envisions stitching St. Joseph’s downtown to the riverfront, while forming a new city identity centered around a social riverfront hub and a repurposed interstate. • In its current configuration, a large electrical substation, multiple rail lines, and Interstate 229 divides a space used primarily for parking, while ignoring the human qualities of successful public spaces. • Rerouting Interstate 229, allows for a repurposed structure with buildings and pedestrian pathways that can create regional destination for St. Joseph, Missouri. • Proposed mixed-use buildings with connecting pedestrian bridges over the railroad allow for direct access to an activated riverfront and repurposed lively interstate. 18

Location: Saint Joseph, MO Year: Student Work; Fall 2013 Project Partner: Andrew Rostek Award: • Kansas APA New Horizons Award 2014

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Interstate North Reroute

Substation Relocation Repurposed Interstate

Railroad Tracks

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Regional Destination and New Identity

Threads creates a regional destination for St. Joseph by activating the riverfront with the repurposed interstate infrastructure that houses new businesses and an elevated trail. These unique aspects take the current underutilized space and makes it a safe public environment that provides an economic catalyst for the rest of downtown. Pedestrian bridges allow for more site permeability and access across the railroad. Visitors are able to engage with the river once again through the multi-purpose programmed spaces allowing for recreation and leisure. Overall, Threads stitches St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown and riverfront together, creating a social riverfront hub and a new city identity.

Overlook Pier

Riverfront Trail, Wetland Edge & Boat Launch

Skywalk

- Trails - Patios - Green Roofs

Viaduct Market - Restaurants - Cafes - Plazas - Studios

Skywalk

Viaduct Market

Pedestrian Bridge

(Santoro & Rostek)

Double Decker Destination

Flexible Event Plaza (Weekend Market)

Meeting Ground

Current Site Dilemmas

Location: Midtown Atlanta, GA Year: Student Competition; January 2016 Interdisciplinary Team Competition

• Low Density Development • Lacking a Sense of Urbanism • High Vacancy Rates • Overlooked Potential to Develop • Lack of Attractive Retail Options Nearby

Where People and Ideas Collide

Role: Team Leader

• Bicycle and pedestrian connections, linked to rail, streetcar, and bus stops, support this high density development and make it an attractive place to live, work and play.

COLLABORA TE

• Covering six blocks, it strategically connects a growing workforce of talented professionals and families from diverse communities with transit oriented development and adaptable mixed-use buildings and amenities, such as outdoor common areas that attract new businesses and foster creativity.

The District That Promotes Urban Activity

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Meeting Ground demonstrates how Midtown Atlanta will grow towards a truer sense of urbanism that cultivates innovation, interaction, and entrepreneurship. The 2016 ULI Hines Competition was set in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia looking at a transitional area near downtown and technology square and tasked to develop a vision plan that creates a comprehensive environment that is programmed, designed, built, and operated with elements that promote sustainable mixed-use experiences.

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Planned Streetcar Route

Downtown

Existing Streetcar Route Existing Bike Routes Existing MARTA Stops MARTA Line

(Santoro & Tudor)

Deliverables for Competition

Peachtree St

North Ave

MEETING GROUND

Existing Street Circulations Proposed Street Diets Planned Streetcar Route Existing Tech Trolley Route Proposed Tech Trolley Route Existing Bus Stop Proposed Network Station for MARTA Rail and Bus Stops Proposed Streetcar Stop

The Boutique

VEHICULAR + PUBLIC TRANSIT FLOWS

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NETWORK STATION Old Fourth Ward

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A MEETING GREEN FOR CULTURAL EVENTS

THE SECOND STORY BRINGS LIVELY ACTIVITY

NETWORK STATION BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER

Meeting Green encourages social interaction and offers a flexible place for relaxation and spontaneous play within a large open space. Student events, tech markets, art festivals, and local music concerts will fill the large cultural space.

The Second Story as an elevated pathway emphasizes connections between Georgia Tech, Peachtree Street, Technology Square, and Downtown. It weaves through the new development supporting an expansion of retail and dining options on multiple stories.

The convergence of rail, streetcar, and bus stops at MARTA’s new Network Station and Bank of America offers a myriad of possibilities for transit oriented development.

LOCAL JOBS OPEN SPACE AMENITIES DEVELOPABLE LAND TOTAL BUILDOUT AVERAGE F.A.R. DU PER ACRE LEVERAGED IRR CURRENT SITE VALUE PROJECTED SITE VALUE

12.8% UNLEVERAGED IRR WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY

THE DISTRICT THAT PROMOTES URBAN ACTIVITY

CURRENT SITE DILEMMAS Low Density Development Lacking a Sense of Urbanism High Vacancy Rates

MEETING GROUND PROVIDES A TRUER URBAN EXPERIENCE FOR MIDTOWN

HIGHLIGHTS

Network Station Hotel University Facilities Street Improvements

The Commons Public Space Second Story Access Fitness Center Pedestrian Bridge

Varsity Restaurant Bank Of America Extension Second Story Expansion

PHASE 1: ESTABLISH ANCHORS

PHASE 2: FOSTER CONNECTIONS

PHASE 3: INFILL & EXPANSION

727,751 SF OFFICE / COMMERCIAL

747,262 SF OFFICE / COMMERCIAL 78,088 SF RETAIL 737,028 SF RESIDENTIAL

Overlooked Potential to Develop

538,441 SF PARKING

Lack of Attractive Retail Options Nearby

451,816 SF HOTEL

230,305 SF RETAIL 219,258 SF RESIDENTIAL

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2,085,856 SF OFFICE / COMMERCIAL 47,167 SF RETAIL 216,000 SF RESIDENTIAL 59,631 SF PARKING Stormwater management will integrate into complete street strategies.

Improved street infrastructure will reduce vehicular activity and greenhouse gas emissions. Street trees will cleanse the city air and create enjoyable pedestrian experiences. Safety will increase with first floor retail and open spaces that attract activity all times of the day. Public health will be promoted by increasing walkability, bikeability, and urban outdoor spaces. Wider sidewalks will slow down vehicular traffic and improve the pedestrian realm.

Bike lanes will be widened and separated from vehicular traffic to facilitate traffic flows. The streetcar will ease traffic and increase activity near this multi-modal transit hub.

MEETING GROUND IS AN URBAN DISTRICT FOR VALUABLE CONNECTIONS

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Planned Streetcar Route Existing Streetcar Route Existing Bike Routes Existing MARTA Stops MARTA Line

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The competition required a specific set of deliverables that I was in charge of submitting. Deliverables included a presentation board, design and financial narratives, and a pro forma.

WALKABLE, BIKEABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE STREET IMPROVEMENTS

THE COMMONS IS A PLACE FOR ACTIVITY AND THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS

Leadership Role

MEETING GROUND COMPONENTS ACCESSIBILITY AND TRANSIT Walkability, bikeability, and public transit expansions ease traffic and improve Midtown connections. 1. 2. 3. 4.

Campus Pedestrian Bridge Second Story Walk/Bike Way North Avenue Bridge Improvement Network Station INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES Superior office space and amenities attract new tech businesses, creating opportunities for growth. University Facilities Collaborative Offices Adaptive Start Up Business Space Bank of America Building Expansion

9. 10. 11.

Rooftop Garden Pocket Park Street Improvements COMMUNITY NEEDS People gather around places that provide essential resources and cultural identity.

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As people and ideas come together from surrounding communities, they meet in this dense mixed-use neighborhood of activity with improved streetscapes and enhanced bike lanes. The Second Story as an elevated pathway emphasizes connections between Georgia Tech’s growing student population, Peachtree Street’s historic charm, Technology Square’s influx of entrepreneurs, and Downtown’s tourist attractions. The path weaves through the new development supporting an expansion of retail and dining options on multiple stories. The convergence of rail, streetcar, and bus stops at MARTA’s new Network Station and Bank of America offers a myriad of possibilities for transit oriented development.

Creating Place

Meeting Green encourages social interaction and offers flexible places for relaxation and spontaneous play within a large open space. Student events, tech markets, art festivals, and local music concerts will fill the large cultural space, now respectfully framing the 1996 Summer Olympics historical marker. Art, architecture, and engineering students from local universities will leave their mark through design build projects, temporarily installed on the lawn or in the adjacent hotel gallery. The Commons, an intimate corridor, offers space that foster creativity and exchange of ideas. It is edged by flexible rent spaces for growing businesses and urban neighborhood amenities and local retail. As profits generate during phase two, public and private reinvestments will extend into streetscape improvements and create the Second Story. Along with Varsity’s revitalization, the Bank of America structure will be revitalized and repurposed through a floorplate extension offering flexible workspace and apartments more appropriate for this economically-thriving district.

Meeting Green Outdoor Cultural Venue Victory Torch Midtown Hotel The Commons Plaza Connection Cafe Fitness Center Grocery and Prepared Food Market Second Level Retail Varsity Restaurant Mixed-Income Housing Parking

PONCE DE LEON

Exchanging Ideas

Community development programs will kickstart new businesses, set the stage for economic activity, and create synergistic environments where ideas are exchanged. Such social amenities will attract job-seekers by providing career training and networking services that help people advance professionally. Technological advancements and the growing workforce of young talented entrepreneurs will have room to grow in these flexible office spaces. They will also find Meeting Ground an attractive place to stay after work. A grocery store, prepared food market, and fitness center offer healthy lifestyles options and promote social interaction. Marketing the development as a place for knowledge, technology, recreation, and retail creates an interesting destination and a vibrant place to be.

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Meeting Ground demonstrates how Midtown Atlanta will grow towards a truer sense of urbanism that cultivates innovation, interaction, and entrepreneurship. Covering six blocks, it strategically connects a growing workforce of talented professionals and families from diverse communities with transit oriented development. It expands the knowledge district of Technology Square and Georgia Tech with adaptable mixed-use buildings and amenities, such as outdoor common areas that attract new businesses and foster creativity. Bicycle and pedestrian connections, linked to rail, streetcar, and bus stops, support this high density development and make it an attractive place to live, work and play.

Connecting People

SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS Ecologically sensitive designs promote healthy urban environments and livability.

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MIDTOWN ATALANTA IS WHERE PEOPLE AND IDEAS COLLIDE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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MEETING GROUND

As team leader for this competition, I had many responsibilities. Mainly, I had to project manage by keeping us moving and on schedule for this two week competition. Additionally when our real estate team member slacked, I took on learning and completing the team’s pro forma with the help of many resources. Being in a leadership role for this competition allowed me to understand how to handle high stress situations, and not be afraid to step outside my expertise and learn about development and finances.

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MEETING GROUND 1. Summary Pro Forma

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The Midtown South Development Partnership will work with an experienced developer and private equity investors to finance the Meeting Ground construction on 774,556 square feet or 18 acres of developable land. Financing sources of the $1.7 billion development include 81% from private loans, 16% from equity ownership investments, and 3% from federal and state subsidies. Costs will be distributed among 3 phases over a 10 year plan to create 1,412 dwelling units with an average of 79 dwelling units per acre, 352,052 square feet of retail, and 3,560,876 square feet of office, accommodating 10,000 local jobs. A 20 story hotel also provides 1,390 rooms to visitors of the area.

Phasing to Build New Equity and Increase Existing Equity

The phasing buildout follows a gradual investment plan, first towards stronger market demands and followed by larger undertakings once neighboring real estate values are strengthened. Georgia Tech’s clear need for additional campus support facilities will anchor office tenants on block A in phase one with retail at its base pulling from flows of activity at Technology Square one block north. Each phase that follows builds additional residential, retail, and office space and expands the pedestrian realm. After connections link to MARTA, larger investments can be made in the Bank of America extension.

Rental Housing For-Sale Housing Rental Housing Rental Housing For-Sale Housing Office/Commercial Market-rate Retail Affordable Retail Hotel Structured Parking Surface Parking Other

Market-rate UpScale Affordable

Marketing for Tech Businesses with Resilient Design

Meeting Ground’s long term financial investment decisions draw from urban design lessons of surrounding buildings, including the Bank of America. New class A office space will be strategically designed to anchor tenants looking for adaptable floor plans that allow business expansion with attractive retail and outdoor amenities nearby. Given its location near public transit and pedestrian corridors, Meeting Ground capitalizes on an urban lifestyle that avoids expensive structured parking. Only 1,994 parking spaces are provided, which is half of the maximum zoning requirements. Rather than designing for suburban commuters, it is expected that most employees and residents of the neighborhood will rely on nearby public transit.

Alternative Financing Sources

Public subsidies will account for the remaining 3% of funds needed. A federal HOME grant will provide $3.5 million towards 20% affordable housing at the new Network Station and 10% affordable housing dispersed elsewhere in the development. Public space amenities and streetscape improvements will draw $2 million from the local Community Improvement District and $2 million from the Atlanta park impact fees. Meeting Ground qualifies for New Market Tax Credits because of its expansion of the high-quality job market. A partnership between Community Development Entity and the city will relieve equity investors of federal income taxes in exchange for 39% of profits over the first seven years. Tax Increment Financing strategies using TAD resources in partnership with Invest Atlanta could later leverage further transit oriented development. As the area attracts new workers, residents, and visitors, equity will increase and the city’s tax base will also significantly grow.

Total Net Operating Income Development Costs

Rental Housing For-Sale Housing Rental Housing Rental Housing For-Sale Housing Office/Commercial Retail (ALL) Hotel Structured Parking Surface Parking Other Demo & Remediation Land Acquisition Total Infrastructure Indirect costs

Market-rate UpScale Affordable

Total Development Costs Annual Cash Flow

Net Cash Flow Debt Service

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

135,665

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

142,216

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

148,963

Phase II - Foster Connections 2020 2021

Phase III - Infill & Expansion 2022 2023

Phase IV - Capturing Demand 2024 2025

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

12,529,030 800,461 1,058,879 16,583,370 1,355,485

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

13,154,244 900,651 1,130,255 17,688,381 1,417,718

17,909,768 1,226,254 1,562,649 37,216,871 5,600,436

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

18,784,223 1,286,127 1,662,479 39,646,407 5,849,967

24,740,237 2,598,353 1,794,062 101,901,652 6,971,528

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

Team 161112 2026

25,918,799 2,722,132 1,902,486 108,434,730 7,273,732

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

28,411,777 2,983,958 2,131,833 122,606,734 7,905,609

$ 452,819 $ 1,764,842 $

$ 469,207 $ 1,817,787 $

$ 205,766 $ 1,872,320 $

55,225,653 $ 5,085,602 $ 453,313 $

58,258,025 $ 5,249,383 $ 466,913 $

61,442,016 $ 4,879,199 $ $

64,785,206 $ 5,033,985 $ $

68,295,557 $ 5,710,090 $ $

71,981,424 $ 5,892,605 $ $

75,851,585 $ 6,080,596 $ $

79,915,254 6,274,227 -

2,353,326 $

2,429,210 $

2,227,050 $

93,091,793 $

98,265,570 $

129,837,194 $

137,048,394 $

212,011,478 $

224,125,908 $

236,854,665 $

250,229,392

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

17,581,525 1,172,102 4,688,407 59,486,367 13,883,299 (0) -

18,474,912 4,618,728 170,498,254 2,672,537 1,920,445 -

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

59,099,519 3,939,968 15,759,872 61,081,384 4,995,009 39,371,264 19,451,801 -

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

59,099,519 3,939,968 15,759,872 61,081,384 4,995,009 39,371,264 19,451,801 -

69,178,134 $

63,093,905 $

$ $ 67,263,641 $

160,175,514 $

164,075,340 $

616,143,717 $

374,821,592 $

2,227,050 $ 23,248,022 $

93,091,793 $ 623,464,089 $

98,265,570 $ 748,271,966 $

129,837,194 $ 1,193,941,133 $

137,048,394 $ 1,194,607,562 $

212,011,478 $ 2,173,840,166 $

224,125,908 $ 2,175,173,024 $

273,511,196 $ (271,081,986) $

272,876,951 $ (270,649,901) $

160,175,514 $ (67,083,721) $

164,075,340 $ (65,809,769) $

616,143,717 $ (486,306,523) $

374,821,592 $ (237,773,198) $

$ 212,011,478 $

$ 224,125,908 $

2021

2022

3. Unit Development and Infrastructure Costs Development Costs Rental Housing $ Market-rate For-Sale Housing $ Rental Housing $ UpScale Rental Housing $ Affordable For-Sale Housing $ Office/Commercial $ Retail $ Hotel $ Structured Parking $ Surface Parking $ Other $ Infrastructure Costs Roads $

2018

2019

176,636,716 $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

272,876,951 $

Year-by-Year Cumulative Absorption 2016 2017

2,429,210 $ 23,248,022 $

Total Buildout

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

69,300,155 $

$ $

273,511,196 $

Current Site Value (start of Year 0) Projected Site Value (end of Year 10)

148,389 $ 236,500,000 181,310,452 $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

2,353,326 $ 23,248,022 $ 0 25,096,450 $ (22,743,124) $ 14,158,922

2. Multiyear Development Program

269,910 $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ 25,096,450 $

Project Buildout by Development Units Upscale Rental Housing Rental Housing Market-rate For-Sale Housing Rental Housing Affordable For-Sale Housing Hotel Structured Parking Surface Parking Other Project Buildout by Area Upscale Rental Housing Rental Housing Market-rate For-Sale Housing Rental Housing Affordable For-Sale Housing Office/Commercial Market-rate Retail Hotel Structured Parking Surface Parking Other Total

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

25,096,450 $

458,489,968 75% 12.8% 16.9%

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

512,225 $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $

Demolition Remidiation

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $

Net Operating Income $ Total Asset Value $ Total Costs of Sale $ Total Development Costs $ $ $

Net Present Value Loan to Value Ratio (LVR) Unleveraged IRR Before Taxes Leveraged IRR Before Taxes

2027

27,142,105 2,850,610 2,015,027 115,329,740 7,585,001

Landscaping $ Land Acquisition Fees Total Infrastructure Costs Total Development Costs

161112

Phase I -Establish Anchors 2018 2019

Year 0 2016-2017

FINANCIAL PLAN

ATLANTA

Team Summary Board

2016 ULI Hines Student Competition

Net Operating Income

Responding to the diverse needs of Atlanta’s urban core, Meeting Ground provides attractive offices and outdoor spaces accessible to surrounding communities. Meeting Ground, as a mixed-use development strategically connecting Midtown, provides a place where people and ideas collide.

Team 161112

SUMMARY PRO FORMA

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

236,854,665 $ 2,175,173,024 $ $ $ 236,854,665 $

250,229,392 2,175,173,024 130,510,381 2,294,892,034

25,096,450 2,294,892,034

2020

2023

2024

2025

61 1,113 239 1,390 1,994 -

219 644

25 691 184 1,390 2,013 152

32 897 239 1,390 1,795 -

61 1,113 239 1,390 1,994 -

91,014 890,015 191,257 3,560,876 352,052 451,816 598,079 6,135,109

9,386 65,553 193,261

36,851 552,771 147,406 747,264 81,598 451,816 603,999 45,672

47,814 717,215 191,257 1,475,015 308,394 451,816 538,447 -

91,014 890,015 191,257 3,560,876 352,052 451,816 598,079 -

268,199

2,667,378

3,729,958

268,199

Unit Cost 171,064 ($ per unit) ($ per unit) 320,745 ($ per unit) 171,064 ($ per unit) ($ per unit) 163 ($ per s.f.) 122 ($ per s.f.) 56,649 ($ per room) 21,437 ($ per space) ($ per space) Public 504,000

268,199

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ 87,500 $ $ $ $

Total Costs

Private

6,135,109

4. Equity and Financing Sources 190,311,913 19,461,595 40,896,557 582,132,008 43,101,690 78,742,527 42,744,492 -

930,524 9,939,332 261,596,450 425,803,856 1,695,660,944

Equity Sources (total) Equity Sources (total) Equity Owner 1 Equity Owner 2 Loan Payoff Total Equity Financing Sources (total)

Initial

6,135,109

6,135,109 Percent of Total

Amount End

$ 135,652,875.51 $ 135,652,875.51

$ $

183,591,362.74 183,591,362.74

8% 8%

$ 271,305,751.02

367,182,725.49

16%

$ $ $ $

409,791,110.33 409,791,110.33 243,188,139.85 243,188,139.85 743,223,981.87

Phase I (Construction Draw) $ PhaseI (LT Fianancing) Phase II (Construction Draw) Phase II LT Fianancing Phase III (Permananet Loan) 5.25 -5.75 Total Financing Percentage Total Public Subsidies (total, if any) Federal HUD Tax Credit Affordable Housing (HUD gov) $ 350,000.00 CID Improvement +Atlanta Park Impact Proposed TAD (Invest Atlanta) MARTA

$ 1,396,203,232.05 $ $ $

34% 15% 32% 81%

3,500,000.00 4,000,000.00 35,600,000.00

Recycling As Play

Encouraging Recycling Through A Participatory Design Process With Children

KCDC Vision Framework

Location: Kansas City, MO Year: Student Work; Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 Master’s Report Focus For KCDC’s [Re]Considered Recycling Interdisciplinary Team Project Currently, Kansas City does not provide recycling for multifamily dwellings and commercial businesses. This with the knowledge that the population hopes to double creates a need for a recycling system that is convenient and pleasing and that will function for the city as well as improve the quality of the urban environment (Kansas City Design Center 2015). With this knowledge and a grant from MARC Solid Waste Management District, the Kansas City Design Center (KCDC) set out to produce a vision plan and conceptual designs for a downtown recycling system needed to be successful.

KC’s Recycling Currently 28

What KC Could Recycle

Recycling Waste Load Calculations

KCDC Recycling Vision Plan

Research Question

How does a participatory design process with children influence a recycling conceptual design?

• I worked with 5th graders from downtown’s Crossroads Academy for the community design charrette and an additional community involvement aspect added to the KCDC recycling project. 30

[ FALL SEMESTER ]

• Children are typically overlooked as community users, but my report looked to utilize their playful imagination and lack of preconceived notions in a participatory design process

[ STUDIO PROJECT ]

[ SPRING SEMESTER ]

For my master’s report, I was to build off KCDC’s recycling project that I was part of and incorporate my own focus and expertise. Participation in recycling is one of the main dilemmas; however, designing urban space and infrastructure that will be utilized requires understanding of how to engage and encourage Kansas City’s users.

[ COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ]

• Studies • • •

Recycling Context

Advisory Council Meetings

Waste Load Calculations Forming Strategies Creation of Vision Plan

Professional Reviews

• • • •

Site Selection Site Specific Analysis Conceptual Site Designs Design Development

Advisory Council Meetings

Open House

Professional Reviews Open House Community Design Charrette

Charrette Overview Each charrette with the students was scheduled for a one hour session and required preparatory work. • A series of handouts as well as a precedent imagery poster were prepared for the students containing educational information about Kansas City’s recycling and as prompts for the charrette. • The first ten minutes consisted of an introduction of the researcher and her classmate followed by asking the students why they thought recycling was important, and a quick synopsis of Kansas City’s current state of recycling.

DESIGN SHEET

Draw, Build or Write Here!

INSPIRATION IMAGES

Date: Age:

SCENARIO

SCENARIO:

“Say you’re walking down the street drinking some soda from a can or water from a plastic bottle. You nish it and start to look around on where to toss it. You see a trash can a few feet ahead. Now what would make you go over here and recycle that instead of throwing it away? How can you distract someone from throwing the can into the trash can? It can be anything from something on the ground to an object/ contraption that moves, maybe you get something back from it; anything you can dream up.”

“Say you’re walking down the street drinking some soda from a can or water from a plastic bottle.You KANSAS CITY RECYCLING FACTS nish it and start to look 108,649 tons of waste produced in KC homes! Less than 3% of bins in the public space are for recycling in the downtown loop That’s like 15,521 elephants (270 trash bins and 8 recycling bins total) around on where to toss it.You see a trash can a 70 few feetI -ahead. Now what would make you go over here and recycle that instead of throwing it away? How can you distract someone from throwing the can into the trash can? 150 x100 I - 35 It can be anything from something on the ground Of that only 27% is recycled even though almost 80% of it could be recycled! to an object/contraption that moves, maybe you KC’s Recycling Currently What KC Could Recycle get something back from Sprint it; anything you can Centerdream up.”

Trash bins Recycling bins

I - 70

I - 670

ISSUE: Lack of access leads to a lack of participation and there is nothing to encourage people to recycle in Kansas City’s public space.

• The charrette time was set for 35 minutes, which started by giving the students a recycling scenario as a prompt paired with an image that places the students in the situation. This was meant to help get them in a focused mindset of encouraging recycling in public space.

Synthesis Of Charrette Ideas

From the two charrette sessions, I synthesized the different elements from the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ideas into categorizes to better understand the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective on what encourages people to recycle. With these ideas and the synthesis, I shared this information with classmates to watch how it would impact design outcomes.

Infrastructure Standard Bins Student 1 Student 2

Student 3

Student 4

Student 5 Student 6

Recycle Sorting Bin

Streetscape Amenity

Technology

Game/Puzzle

Play Equipment

X - Compost

X-benches

X - floor piano

X - laser tag

X - robot X

X - dichotomous key

X - Slots

X - obstacle course X - basketball hoop

Spatial Design Art

Structure

Student 1 Student 2

Student 3

Signage

Ground Plane Prompt

Place-making

Use Recycled Material

X - help animals

X -maze

X - rubber

X X -building

Student 4 Student 5 Student 6

X - maze

X - location directions

Money

Coupon/Voucher

Incentives Ticket Student 1

X - laser tag

Student 2

X - movie

Candy Bar

Prize X

Student 3

X - machine

Student 4 Student 5 Student 6

Totals

X - Powerball X

Infrastructure 14

Spatial Design

Incentives

Applications and Takeaways

Links are street corridors that connect the areas of activity around the city with the design intent to engage people in the public right-of-ways through increased awareness and education as well as increased access to recycling. A group of KCDC students, including myself, were focused on developing the design solutions for the Links strategy.

My report reflects on how impactful the participatory process with children was on the design outcomes. My big takeaways were that participation in the participatory process dictates its influence on those involved. My classmate and I who engaged with the children during the design charrette were the most influenced by their ideas and brought it back into the design.

PA 3 SH 16 PP2 4

â&#x20AC;˘ Providing access to light and greenspace was key in the layout of interior and exterior spaces. 34

CA3 4

AC 10

â&#x20AC;˘ A challenge the team faced was fitting all the needs of the school onto the urban site, as compared to many school who have expansive grounds.

Location: North Kansas City, MO Professional Work; BNIM

EP 5

North Kansas City High School is a 90 year old school being transformed with a new large building addition and improved campus grounds. New infrastructural updates create equitable campus facilities and spaces for this urban school.

Currently Under Construction HA 4

Building Addition, Site and Planting Design

AC 7

North Kansas City High School

26th Ave

1 2

Howell St

17 13

14 7

3 1

6 99

23rd Ave

18 17

Existing High School

Existing Training Facility

Brickyard

Existing Stadium Seating

Athletic Field

Performing Arts Hub

Classroom Wing

Field House

Main Entry

Existing Gymnasium

Existing Classroom Wing

Open Lawn

Secured Campus Entries

Dining Terrace Courtyard

Arts Courtyard

Loading/Service Dock

Parking

Bus Drop Off

Cafeteria

PLANT SCHEDULE CODE

TREES

AE 3 PP 1,492 sf PP 385 sf

Betula nigra `Little King` / Fox Valley Birch

Cercis canadensis `Alba` / White Eastern Red Bud

Cercis canadensis / Eastern Redbud

CC2

Cotinus coggygria / Smoke Tree

Cornus kousa / Kousa Dogwood

Zelkova serrata / Sawleaf Zelkova

CODE

BOTANICAL NAME / COMMON NAME

CA2

Cornus sericea `Alleman`s Compact` / Dwarf Red Twig Dogwood

CA3

Ceanothus americanus / New Jersey Tea

Hydrangea arborescens `Annabelle` / Annabelle Smooth Hydrangea

Hypericum beanii / Henry St. John`swort

GROUND COVERS

PP 1,098 sf BC 7

Ilex glabra `Compacta` / Compact Inkberry

Perovskia atriplicifolia / Russian Sage

Taxus x media `Densiformis` / Dense Yew

CODE

BOTANICAL NAME / COMMON NAME

Astilbe x arendsii `Cattleya / False Spiraea

AC2

Achillea x `Coronation Gold` / Hybrid Yarrow

CA3 4

AC 10

PA 3

PP 242 sf

PA 3

SH 16

PP2 4

Bouteloua curtipendula / Side Oats Grama

Bouteloua gracilis / Blue Grama

PP2 4

LS 8

PA2 17 SH 15 CA4 17

BL 1

EP 2

NR 3

PA 3

BG 9

PP2 5

BG 4

CC2 1

CA4 15

NR 6

BC 7

NR 5

EP 4

PP2 4

BG 7 SH 10

LS 5

EP 2

PA 2

BC 9

LS 3

8,400

DESCRIPTION

SYMBOL

BG 16

CC 2

PW 3

NR 6

CG 8

PW 2

II 6

CG 31

PW 6

RH2 4

PP2 7

NR 6

SH 21

AC2 4

RH2 7

EP 3

CC 3

EP 6

BC 6

BG 9

PP2 2 BG 9

NR 5

CG 9

PA 6

CA3 4

LS 5

Sporobolus heterolepis / Prairie Dropseed

Schizachyrium scoparium / Little Bluestem Grass

Vinca major / Periwinkle

CODE

BOTANICAL NAME / COMMON NAME

Athyrium filix-femina / Common Lady Fern

Adiantum pedatum / Northern Maidenhair Fern

CA4

Carex albicans / Whitetinge Sedge

Carex haydenii / Hayden`s Sedge

Hosta lancifolia / Narrow Leaved Hosta

Hosta plantaginea / Fragrant Plantain Lily

PA2

Polystichum acrostichoides / Christmas Fern

Polygonatum odoratum `Variegatum` / Solomon`s-Seal

Phlox divaricata / Wild Blue Phlox

sqft of native planting

DECOMPOSED GRANITE - TYPE 1

32 93 50

ROCK REVEAL - TYPE 1

32 93 00

STEEL EDGING - TYPE 1

32 93 00

SOD/SEED

CODE

BOTANICAL NAME / COMMON NAME

Festuca rubra rubra / Creeping Red Fescue

4.4 PP

1,700

different species

Turf Type Tall Fescue / "Heat Wave" Turf Tall Fescue

acre site transformed

engaging

students MATCHLINE A1/L401 MATCHLINE A20/L401

BG 16

CA3 3 LS 9

Rudbeckia hirta / Black-eyed Susan

PA 4

BG 13

CA3 4

Penstemon pallidus / Pale Beardtongue

RH2

BC 5

BG 7

EP 5

Nepeta racemosa `Walker`s Low` / Catmint

PP2

PROPERTY LINE

RH2 4

BC 16

AC 6

Liatris spicata / Spike Gayfeather

SPEC

LIMIT OF WORK

BG 6

Echinacea purpurea / Purple Coneflower

Carex grayi / Morning Star Sedge

CG 11 PW 3

gallons of water falling on-site

CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE

LS 3

BC 15

BOTANICAL NAME / COMMON NAME

Carex pensylvanica / Pennsylvania Sedge

NR 4

NR 6

PO 17

SHADE MIX

138k

BG 7

EP 5

CODE

CS3

Hamamelis vernalis / Spring Blooming Witchhazel

PP 1,292 sf

HA 4

GROUND COVERS

/ Existing Tree to Remain

One of my roles was developing the planting design. The projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sustainability goals were to reduce landscape water usage and to reduce stormwater runoff as the north half of the site sits on the edge of a FEMA floodplain. With these goals in mind, a native and adaptive plant palette developed to increase infiltration through deeper root systems. Beyond the water benefits, the palette promotes environmental and social benefits as well. Creating new habitat, cleaning the air, connecting students to nature, and becoming an educational tool for students are a few of the myriad of benefits the design provides. SHRUBS

AC 7

BOTANICAL NAME / COMMON NAME

Planting Design AE

PP 534 sf

BC 6

MATCHLINE A1/L402

MATCHLINE A20/L401

PP 539 sf PP 2,280 sf

PP 233 sf PP 1,818 sf

PP 52 sf

36 PW 11

CS3 45 PP

II 10

PP 159 sf

The site design relies heavily on the planting design to create active and passive spaces. • The new main entry has a native plant massing running from the door to the street to emphasize and identify it as the new entry • A bermed lawn breaks up the open space and provide lounging space between the old building and football field • Densely planted courtyard with meandering paths provides a intimate outdoor dining opportunity for students

(Santoro & Pericich)

• An industrial courtyard with a work lawn for student projects framed by native plants.

(Ross & Santoro)

Winnetonka High School

Building Addition, Site and Planting Design

Winnetonka High School is an existing school in the North Kansas City School District. Currently, the entry sequence into the building is unclear. A new building addition entry and plaza will emphasize the main entry, while adding functional office spaces and conference rooms. â&#x20AC;˘ The site design focused on emphasizing the entry through a vibrant native plant palette that extended from the existing building out to the street.

Location: Kansas City, MO Professional Work; BNIM

Sun Studies

Native Plant Palette

Entry Plaza

Student Gathering Area

Seat Wall

Existing Parking Lot

Native Planting Beds

Main Entry Hall

School Attendance Office

Principalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office and Administration Office

Vice Principalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office and Administration

Office

School Site

Beginning to End

For Winnetonka, my role was all encompassing; including helping lead client meetings, coordinating with consultants, refining design elements and overall project documentation. The project is SEAT WALL - ELEVATION 2 CONCRETE currently under construction. W

P-WHS-25

GENERAL NOTES:

1. 2.

35'-0"

1'-6"

WINNETONKA

HIGH SCHOOL

R 2

REFER TO GEOTECHNICAL REPORT FOR CONCRETE THICKNESS, REINFOCEMENT, AND SUB GRADE PREPARATION. REFER TO CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR JOINT TYPE AND LAYOUT T 1 SAW CUT TO BE 1/3 OVERALL DEPTH OF P PAVEMENT WHEN NO EXPANSION JOINT IS PRESENT, TYP.

1/4" EXPANSION JOINT

CONCRETE REVEAL

STOPS/START EVERY OTHER HORZ. REBAR IN WALL AT CENTER OF REVEAL TYPICAL

C.I.P. CONCRETE SEAT WALL

ALIGN PAVING JOINTING WITH CENTER OF REVEAL (RE: ELEVATION L2.00)

B 4

1 L3.00

4 L3.00

SCALE:1 1/2" = 1'-0"

12 13

PLANTING

PLANTING MIX (329300)

COMPACTED SUBGRADE PER GEOTECHINCAL REPORT

PARGE AND WATERPROOF

1.5" DIA WEEP HOLES AT 10' O.C.

CONCRETE STEM WALL BASE

C.I.P. CONCRETE 1'-0" FOOTING

PLANTING MIX (329300)

METAL EDGING (329300)

LANDSCAPE ROCK (329300)

METAL PANEL; MATCH ARCHITECTURE COLOR 17

GENERAL NOTES: 4 METAL EDGING (329300) 1. SUPPLIER / FABRICATOR SHALL SUB 2. SELECTION SAMPLES: FOR EACH FIN MANUFACTURER'S FULL RANGE OF A Z COMPACTED SUBGRADE (321313) 3. VERIFICATION SAMPLES: FOR EACH F SQUARE REPRESENTING ACTUAL PRO CONCRETE STEM WALL BASE BNIM Architect MINIMU 4. Architects INSTALLER QUALIFICATIONS: 2460 Pershing Road, Suite 100, Jackson County, Kansas City MO 64108 p.816.783.1500 f.816.783.1501 5. MANUFACTURER / FABRICATOR SHAL MO State Certificate of Authority #000377 Y C.I.P. CONCRETE FOOTING WORKMANSHIP ON ALL SIGNAGE CO 2460 Pershing Road, Suite 100, Kansas City, Missouri 64108 6. REQUESTS FOR SUBSTITUTIONS WILL p.816.783.1500 f.816.783.1501 MO State Certificate of Authority #000377 PLANTING MIX (329300) 7. ALL ELECTRICAL LIGHTING ELEMENT 920 Main Street, Tenth Floor, Kansas City, MO 64105 CONTRACTOR. p.816.701.2107 X METAL EDGING (329300) MO State Certificate of Authority #1999141112 8. MOCKUP: PROVIDE A FULL MOCKUP 1 CONT. LINE 920 Main Street,TECHNIQUES, Tenth Floor, Kansas City, MO 64105 APPLICATION AND OF p.816.701.2107 LANDSCAPE ROCK (329300) REFER TO E MO State Certificate of Authority #1999141112 PERMISSION OF ARCHITECT. 9.Lenexa Drive, DOSuiteNOT PROCEED REMAINING 8345 300, Lenexa, Kansas 66214WITH 2 SOLID WHITW W p.913.742.5000 f.913.742.5001 METAL PANEL; MATCH 10. REWORK MOCKUP AREA AS REQUIRE MO State Certificate of Authority #000556 3 STEEL BACK ARCHITECTURE COLOR 11. LED LIGHTING COMPONENTS SHALL 3770 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111 p.816.931.3377PROPER f.816.931.3378 HALO LIGHTING EFFECT. DES 4 RED LEXAN LASER CUT LETTERING AND GRIFFIN AND SUPPLIERS RECOMMENDATION AND GRIFFI LOGO IN PANELS BACKED WITH RED V TRANSLUCE LEXAN OR TRANSLUCENT RED 5 3/8" THICK M VINYL PUSH THROUGH LETTERING Â±1'-6"

SAME LETTERING AND GRIFFIN LOGO

4" PERF. PIPE TO DAYLIGHT OR STORM. CLEAN GRAVEL. RE: CIVIL

C.I.P. CONCRETE FOOTING (033000)

11 1/4" CHAMFER

1'-6"

HIGH SCHOOL

4 L3.01

12 C.I.P. CONCRETE WALL (033000)

WINNETONKA

10 2"X4" KEY CONT.

13 ROUGHENED JOINT

8 E

14 #4 DOWEL @ 18" O.C. (321313)

15 5 - #4 BOTTOM CONTINUOUS

1'-0"

1'-9"

4 9"

2 L3.01

1'-9"

9 10

13 2"X4" KEY C

14 C.I.P. 10" TH

#5 REBAR @1/4" 12"=VERT. EACH FACE (033000) SCALE: 1'-0"

#4 REBAR @ 12" HORZ.2EACH FACE (033000) STEM CONCRETE

COMPACTED SUBGRADE (321313)

4" PERF. PIPE TO DAYLIGHT OR STORM. CLEAN 3 C.I.P. CONCRETE GRAVEL. RE: CIVIL

C.I.P. CONCRETE FOOTING (033000)

10 2"X4" KEY CONT.

11 1/4" CHAMFER

PLANTING MIX (329300)

METAL EDGING (329300)

12 C.I.P. CONCRETE WALL (033000)

13 ROUGHENED JOINT

8 9

15 #5 BARS HO

EACH FACE

FOOTING

18 COMPACT B

LANDSCAPE ROCK (329300) METAL PANEL; MATCH ARCHITECTURE COLOR

LANDSCAPE ROCK (329300)

LOGO IN PANELS BACKED WITH RED

12LEXAN OR TRANSLUCENT RED

METAL EDGING (329300) 15

5815 NE 48th St, Kansas City, MO 64119

Description

Date Issued

1'-0"

NOTE: SIGN IS DOUBLE-SIDED WITH SAME LETTERING AND GRIFFIN LOGO

Project No: 16019.01

Issued: 7 May 2018 Rev. #

LETTERING2'-0" 13VINYL PUSH THROUGH 1'-0"

7 Winnetonka HighschoolREQUIREME SUBMIT BEA New 1'-0" Entry Addition and Administrative Suite

100% Construction Documents

8 11LASER CUT LETTERING AND GRIFFIN

9 C.I.P. CONCRETE FOOTING (BELOW)

16 #4 DOWELS

17 5 - #5 BARS

15 5 - #4 BOTTOM CONTINUOUS 10

14 #4 DOWEL @ 18" O.C. (321313) 7

STRIP FOOT

WALL BASE

16 J

NORTH

18 H

P-WHS-20

GEOTECHIN

PARGE AND WATERPROOF

3 L3.01

12 COMPACT S

1.5" DIA WEEP HOLES AT 10' O.C.

11 GEOTEXTILE

3 SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"

COMPACTED SUBGRADE PER GEOTECHINCAL REPORT

MONUMENTAL SIGN

3'-6"

37'-0"

9 METAL EDG

10 PLANTING M

35'-0"

3'-6"

PLANTING

8 1

8 LANDSCAPE

3 1'-0"

7 POWER RE:

NOTE: SIGN IS DOUBLE-SIDED WITH 2 PLANTING MIX (329300) SAME LETTERING AND GRIFFIN LOGO

9" EACH FACE (033000) #4 REBAR @ 12" HORZ.

MANUFACT

#5 REBAR @ 12" VERT. EACH FACE (033000)

6 FOOTING EM

19 SIGN IS DOUBLE-SIDED 20 21 NOTE: WITH

LASER CUT LETTERING AND GRIFFIN LOGO IN PANELS BACKED WITH RED LEXAN OR TRANSLUCENT RED VINYL PUSH THROUGH LETTERING

35'-0" 12

COMPACTED SUBGRADE (321313)

1% SLOPE

P-WHS-32

6 P-WHS-33

1'-0"

1% SLOPE

LASER CUT 29LETTERING AND GRIFFIN 28 30 31 LOGO IN PANELS BACKED WITH RED LEXAN OR TRANSLUCENT RED VINYL PUSH THROUGH LETTERING

1'-6"

HIGH SCHOOL

TYPICAL EXPANSION JOINT

9. 10. 11.

HIGH SCHOOL

METAL PANEL; MATCH ARCHITECTURE COLOR

SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"

LANDSCAPE ROCK (329300)

NOTE: SIGN IS DOUBLE-SIDED WITH 9" SAME LETTERING AND GRIFFIN LOGO

WINNETONKA

8 1'-0"

1/8", TYP.

P-WHS-08

3 L3.00

TYPICAL CONTROL JOINT

METAL EDGING (329300)

WINNETONKA 35'-0"

TAPERED PLATE DOWEL AND WELDING BASKET 9" - RE: SPECIFICATIONS M - RE: MANUFACTURER R RECOMMENDATIONS

5 L3.00

1/8", TYP.

4 1/4" THICK FOAM EXPANSION JOINT, TYP.

SCALE: 3" = 1'-0"

6. 7.

3 #4 DOWEL SPACED AT 36" O.C. WITH S N SLEEVE ON ONE END, TYP. GREASED

MAIN ENTRY PLAZA - SECTION P-WHS-10

PLANTING MIX (329300)

TYPICAL SAW CUT JOINT

EXPANSION FOAM, TYP.P-WHS-32

P-WHS-26

4. 5.

C.I.P. CONCRETE FOOTING

1/8", TYP. 1'-6"

2 SAW CUT TO BE 1/4" DEPTH WHEN HIDING

CONCRETE STEM WALL BASE

SUPPLIER / FABRICATOR SHALL SUBMIT DETAILED SHOP DRAWINGS OF PRODUCTS AND ALL ASSEMBLIES. SELECTION SAMPLES: FOR EACH FINISH PRODUCT SPECIFIED, TWO COMPLETE SETS OF COLOR CHIPS REPRESENTING MANUFACTURER'S FULL RANGE OF AVAILABLE COLORS AND PATTERNS. VERIFICATION SAMPLES: FOR EACH FINISH PRODUCT SPECIFIED, TWO SAMPLES, MINIMUM SIZE 6 INCHES (150 MM) SQUARE REPRESENTING ACTUAL PRODUCT, COLOR, AND PATTERNS. INSTALLER QUALIFICATIONS: MINIMUM 5 YEAR EXPERIENCE INSTALLING SIMILAR SIGNAGE PRODUCTS. MANUFACTURER / FABRICATOR SHALL PROVIDE A 2 YEAR WARRANTY AGAINST DEFECTS IN MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP ON ALL SIGNAGE COMPONENTS AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLIES. REQUESTS FOR SUBSTITUTIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SIGNAGE DESIGN INTENT. ALL ELECTRICAL LIGHTING ELEMENTS, CONNECTIONS, COMPONENTS, AND POWER SOURCE SHALL BE SUPPLIED BY TH CONTRACTOR. 1 EVALUATION OFPAVING (321316) MOCKUP: PROVIDE A FULL MOCKUP FORCONCRETE DESIGN, LIGHTING COMPONENTS, SURFACE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES, AND APPLICATION OF WORKMANSHIP. ALTERNATE MOCKUP MATERIALS MAY BE UTILIZED WITH PERMISSION OF ARCHITECT. 2 C.I.P. WALLBY ARCHITECT AND OWNER. DO NOT PROCEED WITH REMAINING WORK UNTILCONCRETE MOCKUP IS APPROVED REWORK MOCKUP AREA AS REQUIRED TO PRODUCE ACCEPTABLE WORK. LED LIGHTING COMPONENTS SHALL3BE POSITIONED ONSOIL LEXAN MIX / ACRYLIC BACK OR STEEL BACK UP STRUCTURE FOR PLANTING (329300) PROPER HALO LIGHTING EFFECT. DESIGN LIGHTING COMPONENTS AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLIES PER MANUFACTURER AND 33SUPPLIERS RECOMMENDATIONS. 34 35 36

A. 1

COMPACTED SUBGRADE (321313)

35'-0"

1 DZ

1'-0"

P-WHS-03

SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"

P-WHS-33

P-WHS-19

P-WHS-35

SCALE: 1 1/2" = 1'-0"

SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"

SCALE: 1 1/2" = 1'-0"

A 1

2 COMPACTED AGGREGATE BASE

(321313) 3 COMPACTED SUB GRADE PER

1 6" CONCRETE

1 BUILDING FACADE 2

2 COMPACTED AGGREGATE BASE (321313) 3 COMPACTED SUB GRADE PER GEOTECHNICAL REPORT (321313)

15 1 PEDESTRIAN

CONCRETE PAVING; RE: HARDSCAPE SCHEDULE FOR FINISH AND COLOR 2 EXPANSION JOINT; RE: PLANS

1 L7.00

Planting Design

A core aspect to the planting design was using a native/ adaptive plant palette that would provide multiple benefits to the project. • Emphasize the new entry with plant material that would be dense, colorful, and multi-seasonal • Select color characteristics reflecting the school colors to create a stronger identity • Use native or adapted species to reduce water needs and encourage biodiversity. • Reduce and improve stormwater runoff through natural filtration and infiltration

4 L7.00 T

2 L7.00 Q

3 L7.00 F

5 L7.00

(Ross & Santoro)

Regional Law Enforcement Memorial Garden

Honor Past Stories, Celebrate our Present Story, & Unfold a Bright Future The Regional Law Enforcement Memorial Garden honors and celebrates the men and women who have laid down their lives in the line of duty. Located at the Regional Police Academy, the garden is envisioned as a sequence of ever-changing spaces that tell the stories of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, as well as to honor past and current officers and their families, who make daily sacrifices to serve and protect. â&#x20AC;˘ The memorial experience begins as a somber, compressed sequence of spaces to then be released into a bright, hopeful meadow. The design is woven into the natural landscape starting at a high bluff journeying down into a native prairie bowl.

Location: Kansas City, MO Professional Work; BNIM

1 3 2

10 9

6 5

9 7

Drop-off

Ceremony Plaza

Street Parking

Meadow Walk

Donor Plaza

Trail of Heroes Connection

Memorial Entry Portal

Memorial Walk

Memorial Wall

Wet Meadow Bowl

NE Pleasant Valley Rd

KC Police Dept.

Regional Police Academy

Abstraction and Visualization As Storytelling Names of the fallen officers are extremely important in a memorial design; however, also finding a creative way to tell their stories and KCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history allows visitors to interact at a deeper level. Abstraction and visualization of data is one way to do this. A design study I did looked at the number of fallen officers each year in a timeline and how that story might be visualized. This lead to a graphic storytelling element for the memorial walls that leads visitors on a journey.

(Santoro & Yang)

Planting the Seed A School Design Activity

Citizens of the World Charter School Kansas City (CWC-KC) was selected for a Budding Botanist grant to expand an existing school garden program with the help of a volunteer team. Program for the grant included: • Replanting two planters along Broadway Blvd. that support biodiversity and attract pollinators. • An official monarch waystation as part of the natural play area at the school. • Worm composting stations and supplies in classrooms • A Tasting Local event turned into a zero-landfill event.

Prairie Dropseed 3’ tall

SideOats Grama 2.5’ tall

Blue Grama 2’ tall

Coneflower 3’ tall

Black-Eyed Susan 3’ tall

Yarrow 3’ tall

Location: Kansas City, MO Volunteer Grant Work

Scaled plant images were used during the design activity for the students to easily visualize their planting design.

Coreopis 2’ tall

Blazing Star 3’ tall

Milkweed 2’ tall

Design Day

The biggest goal of the grant was teaching the students about environmental sustainability and the importance of biodiversity. As part of the team, I created a planting design activity and presentation to create a hands-on learning experience. The students were given some basic design principles, site design rules and a native planting palette. Then in groups, students created designs for the two Broadway planters. Lastly, students presented their concepts. These design concepts were then taken by the team and I to create a final planting design for the two planters and monarch waystation. 47

Planting Day With designs finalized, the team and I did all the installation over a couple weekends. I was in charge of procuring some of the materials and laying out the design on site. To continue involving and teaching the students, a planting

North Planter 48

South Planter

day event was set up. Each of the students had the chance to plant and claim ownership of their new native pollinator gardens.

Monarch Waystation

Experimentation with modeling paste and charcoal achieves the stark contrast and the feeling of the actual bark and rocks textures.

Graphics

Renderings, Mapping, + Hand Graphics

The following pages show a variety of projects and media used to create different graphics. This spread depicts my study of a land art piece I created in school. The land art was based upon a lone tree on a hill in Marlatt Park. This site was selected due to the windblown look of the tree and how it visually points towards the top of the hill. The tree was barren except for a cluster of green leaves on the highest branches. This cluster of green leaves was the inspiration for the land artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main concept of changing perspectives through movement and detail. When drawing, I tend to generalize the landscape and focus in on one area of the land art in higher detail. The use of an orange hued paper captures the essence of the fall sunset. Evening light delineated using white charcoal where the light falls.

(Santoro & Schwaller)

During my time at BNIM, I have refined my ability to produce high quality conceptual renderings with quick turnaround. Many projects required illustrative site plans and perspectives as part of final deliverables and were used to help fundraise for the projects. My process initially begins with a detailed sketchup model with texture materials applied. Then using a rendering software called Enscape, materials and lighting are adjusted to produced a rendered image; followed by some post-processing in Photoshop. This process allowed for fast production with quality results.

Mapping has always fascinated me. Once you digitize data, you can analyze patterns and relationships in geographic space - relationships between certain health patterns and air or water pollution, between plants and climate, soils, landscape. We can tell stories with maps and use those stories to inform decisions. INDEPENDENCE

While at BNIM, I have had the opportunity to explore mapping with GIS. In 2016, we created an adaptive process to create a regional green infrastructure framework for the 9 counties of the Mid‐America Regional Council around KC. The purpose was to show the potential of an expanded approach to green infrastructure that connects our region’s natural resources to people in ways that create networks of environmental, economic and social benefits in all communities.

KANSAS CITY, MO

One of my roles for the project was to help visualize the analyzed data in a beautiful way that would help find these patterns that informed decision-making. LEE'S SUMMIT

This map visualizes an analysis of many social factors to determine where their is high social need.

10 Miles

This map illustrates the areas of high ecological value and need to understand conservation vs. restoration priority areas.

This map depicts an intersection analysis of the previous to create connections between environmental, economic, and social benefits within the watershed. This becomes a tool for selecting priorty green infrastructure projects that have multiple benefits.

Cityscapes have always intrigued me with their complexity of systems and site scales. I hope to work towards the future of cityscapes becoming green and active through design.

Thank you

Amanda Santoro

email: amanda.santoro0815@gmail.com cell: 316.708.1992