ANJELYQUE EASLEY Landscape Architecture Student Portfolio
CONTENTS Studio Work 1 | Earth and Environmental Science Building Plaza 7 | Land-form Study: Ecological Footprint
Research Internship 13 | Smithsonian Ancacostia Museum Internship
Design Competition 19 | Chicago Woodlawn Sky Park Station
Dark mulch 3" Coarse sand setting bed Galvanized steel edging Geotextile fabric
2 L.02
Compacted 85% spd
Earth and Environmental Science Building Plaza State College, Pennsylvania Spring 2018
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Planting Implementation Studio The design is for the Earth and Engineering Sciences Building at University Park, PA. Its intent is to show spatial volume through the trunks and the canopy of the trees in addition to showing the installation of the modular paving materials and installation methods. The intent for this design is to create a space where people pause as they walk through the plaza area. The overhead canopy of the trees create a sense of enclosure and framing that makes the visitors engage with the space and linger. The design scheme follows a grid patten with benches breaking up the formality of the area. In addition to the plan, the section and axon illustrates the layered process of the plaza’s systems for stability of the trees with paver systems, setting beds, structural soils and the Silva Cell network to allow for full the tree to establish a healthy root system and growth.
Programs Used: Rhino, Autocad 2
4 L.01
5 L.02
4 L.02
Tree planting detail typ. Concrete seating detail typ. Slate paver typ. paving plan
LEGEND L.02
Engineered soil sand mix extents
L.02
Concrete pavers typ. Tree grates Concrete seating
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TREE PLAZA PLAN
Tree Plaza Plan 3
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Silva cell extents
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4 L.02
5 L.01
5 L.02
N Scale: 1' = 10'- 0"
Central leader. (See crown observations detail).
Tree pruned for single leading trunk Branched trimmed until 6' 6" clearance. Tapered Cedar Deadman stakes typ. placed in corners and tied Guywire to tree and wrapped with rubber hose.
Trunk 3" caliper shall meet ANSI current edition for root ball size. 3" layer of mulch. No more than 1" of mulch on top of root ball. (See specifications for mulch).
Remove burlap 31" of ball crown above root ball exposing soil. Existing soil/ modular soil cell. Bottom of root ball rests on existing or recompacted soil.
2" air gap above tree rood flare and grate
Notes: 1- Trees specifications of the crown and root details and specifications are stated. 2- See specifications for further requirements related to this detail. 3-Top of root ball shall be flush with finished grade.
Tree Specifications 4
Tree stakes locations and grate
Plan Elevation
Concrete seating Root Ball 2 " x 2" Slate paver typ. 1 L.01
Silva cell extents typ.
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2 " x 2" Slate paver typ. Coarse sand setting bed
L.02
1" Geotextile fabric 4" Aggregate setting bed
Aggregate Setting bed
6 L.01
2
Tossed soil Compacted sub grade Compacted soil mound
Tree Plaza Specifications 5
L.02
Edging detail, typ.
Engineered soil sand mix; see specification Root ball Compacted sub-grade
Exploded Tree Plaza Rendering 6
Land-form Study: Ecological Footprint Scale and rendering Fall 2016
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Design Visualization Studio The Ecological footprint was an introductory study project of surface modeling, through topographic ground plane. The intention of the study was to determine the proposed program, vegetation, and materials in addition to addressing how water moves across a site. I first investigated terrain types and then move into a full deployment across the site, with renderings, sections, and a cnc milled site model. The methods used for this project created a series of diagrams that showcased the intention behind each surface type. Then water moves across it along with how someone would feel in that space depending on scale. The developed series of drawings show, section, perspective, contours, and a rendering. In addition, a diagram showing 20 sections across the model that are 5’ apart. The contours are rotated so that they are perpendicular to the plan view, and additionally overlaid on top of the plan.
Programs Used: Rhino, Adobe Illustrator 8
Flattened Sections 9
Rendered Model 10
Research Internship
Image: Barry Farm,1944 Gottscho-Schleisner
Smithsonian Anacostia Museum Internship Timeline of the Loss of Land Barry Farm Summer 2018
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Historic Barry Farms Community Approximately 50,000 African American refugees came to Washington, D.C. during the Civil War. After the war, the Freedmen’s Bureau decided in April 1867 to dedicate funds to deal with the housing problems facing the post-Civil War African American community in Washington, D.C. It created a settlement where newly freed African Americans could buy one-acre lots and enough lumber to build a small two-room house. The neighborhood was at first named Barry Farm after the family that had owned the land. Many community members were uncomfortable with the name since the Barrys had been a slave-owning family. The neighborhood was eventually renamed Hillsdale, but Barry Farm also continued to be used – thus the composite name “Barry Farm/ Hillsdale.” Throughout its history, the residents of the settlement have lost property through eminent domain for the construction of several projects. These events have caused a loss of resources and the site has limited documentation. My summer internship was to research and document the legacy of this loss. This loss is depicted in the maps that I prepared follow.
Programs Used: Rhino, Adobe Illustrator 14
1867: Lots for Freedmen The 375 acres of land owned by the Barry family were surveyed into one-acre lots and sold by the Freedmen’s Bureau to newly freed African Americans who had come to Washington as refugees during the Civil War.The map shows the 356 lots divided into nine sections. The contour of the roads was influenced by the hilly landscape.
1873-27 and 1921: Loss of Poplar Point and Land to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad The first significant loss of property by Barry Farm/Hillsdale residents happened when the Washington City and Point Look Out Company, later on, named the Alexandria Branch of the Ohio Railroad was built bisecting the western part of the settlement. The second significant loss of property came in the early 20th century. It had to do with the construction of a sewage outfall and pumping station at Poplar Point where the Barry family residence had once stood.The map depicts the railroad’s tracks crossing several lots which were taken by eminent domain in 1873-74. The far-left tip of the map illustrate the Poplar Point area of the settlement and the land lost by residents in 1921 for the construction of the outfall and pumping station. Historic Barry Farms Map 15
1943: Suitland Parkway Another major loss of property came when the Suitland Parkway was built during World War II to provide a road connection between military facilities in DC and Maryland. The road was built on the course of the Stickfoot Branch and parts of Sheridan Road.The curved four-lane parkway divided Barry Farm/Hillsdale in two separating the western part from the eastern part of the settlement. This loss of land began to limit access to the Anacostia River.
1950: Interstate 295, 1991: Anacostia Metrorail Station, 2018: Present Day Another considerable loss of property in the western part of the settlement came with the construction of Interstate 295, which cut off what had been easy access to the river in addition to the loss of several homes. As a result of the Metrorail’s station impending arrival, another piece of the community in the Howard Road area near MLK Avenue was taken. Today, the Barry Farm Public Housing complex is undergoing a major redevelopment, which will result in the building of a mixed-use development. The Barry Farm Public Housing complex built in 1942-43 is enclosed by two arterial highways, Interstate 295 to the north and Suitland Parkway to the east. Historic Barry Farms Map 16
Design Competition
The National Organization of Minority Architects: 46th Student Competition Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois Fall 2018
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Woodlawn Sky Park Station The Woodlawn community in South Chicago is not strongly defined by its borders, and is lacking in its historic identity. Woodlawn is in need of a gateway to serve as a more fluid point of entry. The project intends to create not only a gateway and connection but, a deserving symbol and landmark for the Woodlawn Community. The proposed site at the metro station is in a key location that acts as a central point for visitors and residents in Woodlawn. However, the metro line acts as a barrier, cutting off the majority of Woodlawn from the Frederick Law Olmsted designed Jackson Park, Lake Michigan and the rest of Chicago. To account for this, a pedestrian walkway is created to reconnect Woodlawn to Jackson Park. This creates a space that is not only transitional but also a destination in itself. An issue our projects intends to address is the absence of green spaces in urban areas such as the Woodlawn community. The project proposes an elevated green space which would serve as a community park while also serving as a gateway not to Jackson Park and the planned Obama Presidential Center. This idea makes reference to Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace in Boston which was intended to serve as a parkway linking the city and the suburbs of Boston, and also a destination for relaxation and several recreational activities.
Collaborators: Anjelyque Easley, Nuwee Mpolokeng, Ryan Lo, Joshua Huang, Hauwa Mahmoud, Meghan Davis Programs Used: Arc GIS Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Autocad, Lightroom, Rhino 20
Chicago Boulevards and Parks systems + Neighborhood green space analysis
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E 64th st.
S Dorchester Ave
Public space
Educational
Commercial
Residential
Transit
Master plan + Program diagrams
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Section Elevations 23
View of Green ramp and Alley 24
View of Lake Michigan 25
View of Downtown Chicago 26
“I wanted to prove that I, as an individual, deserved a place in the world.� - Paul Revere Williams
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ANJELYQUE EASLEY Landscape Architecture Student Portfolio