Jason L. Arnold
reen Roofs PGortfolio
Table of Contents
Whitfield and Scales Street Project Baptist Town - Greenwood, Mississippi Constructed Wetland Green Roofs Previous Work Experience Other Projects and Art
Community Infill Project
Community Revitalization Project
Community Park and Wetland
Thesis Research
Glass Lawn Landscaping
Markers, Pencils, SketchUp and Adobe Illustrator
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Whitfield and Scales Street Project
Community Infill Project The concept of the project was to transform a mostly vacant and unused lot into a vibrant community. The design of the new community was to incorporate New Urbanist Principles, to be conscious of the ecological footprint and to keep all of the stormwater on site.
A major concern for the
design of the new community was that the two acre site was surrounded by a variety of different architectural styles and that the surrounding homes’ general maintenance varied drastically. A goal of the community was to create a place that did not feel out of place with the surrounding neighborhoods.
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Master Plan
Plan Details 1 Entryway to Buildings 2 Mixed Use Buildings 3 Outdoor Patio 4 Courtyard 5 Water Storage 6 Housing 7 Storage Shed 8 Additional Parking 9 Community Gardens 10 Above Ground Tank
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Whitfield and Scales Street Project
Community Infill Project Entryway (1). The entry to the mixed use buildings located at the intersection of Whitfield and Scales Streets. The tree-lined street welcomes nature into the community and offers shade during warm summer days. Underneath the trees there is a metal arch on approach of the sidewalk made from a recycled building left on the site. Mixed Use Buildings (2). Street level buildings offer a variety of different retail spaces, while the second level provides housing options. Green roofs are located on the three buildings and are beneficial in reducing stormwater runoff, increasing thermal insulation and providing a unique outdoor space overlooking the site.
Perspective A
Perspective B Perspective B
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Outdoor Patio (3). This area serves as outdoor seating for a cafe or relaxing spot for the business’ patrons. There are several flow through planters at differing heights which provide additional seating. Overflow rain water from the green roof trickles down ornamental rain chains and into the planters which surround and accentuate the outdoor space.
Perspective A
Whitfield and Scales Street Project
Community Infill Project Housing (6). All of the homes on the site are single family detached homes. Vehicular access to the homes is located in the rear of the building, leaving the front porch of the home open for pedestrian access. The vegetation surrounding the homes is native to the region and contained in a flow though planter. The plants are nourished with rainwater from gutter flow and supplemented by rain barrels during periods with minimum precipitation. Shed (7).The pine straw framed building is to be used for housing gardening accessories.
Perspective C
Perspective D
Perspective D
Perspective C
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Central Courtyard(11). This courtyard is highlighted by a water feature and fire pit. The water for the feature is supplied by rain. The steps surrounding the feature function as seating even when the water is at the fullest level. The feature is flanked by raised flow through planters which function as seating in addition to the benches. The planters also serve as a visual boarder from the community garden. Stormwater Swales (14). These swales were designed to move rainwater, as well to be aesthetically pleasing. The swales are to collect rain water and funnel it to an underground storage tank where it can be used for flushing toilets in the mixed use buildings. The swales are planted native grasses which provide an attractive visual contrast and incorporate nature into the surroundings.
Whitfield and Scales Street Project
Community Infill Project The sections of the design show the spaces
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created between the buildings and adjacent trees
Section 1
Section 1 Section 2
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Section 2
Baptist Town - Greenwood, Mississippi
Community Revitalization Project Baptist Town is a small, predominantly African-American neighborhood located in Greenwood, MS. The neighborhood was founded in the 1800s around McKinney Church. Currently, Baptist Town faces many challenges such as high unemployment, a lack of community focus and the large presence of many rundown and abandoned houses. The purpose of this project by Carl Small Town Center was to create an informational booklet which provided direction for the placement of a community center, improved connection to the surrounding city and assistance with improving housing.
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Baptist Town - Greenwood, Mississippi
Community Revitalization Project My role in the Baptist Town project was to assist the Carl Small Town staff with creating the booklet. Some of the tasks that I preformed were gathering background information, creating maps in AutoCAD, GIS and Photoshop, going to the site to document and inventory existing conditions and trying to offer some thoughts from a landscape architects perspective.
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Constructed Wetland
Community Park and Wetland
Grading Plan Conceptual Sketch
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Constructed Wetland
Community Park and Wetland COMPONENTS OF THE CONSTRUCTED WETLAND AND THE SURROUNDING PARK FOREBAY: a small pool designed
to catch the first flush of precipitation and remove any course particulates, usually 3 to 6 feet deep.
LOW MARSH: additional storm-
water treatment as a meandering path, increasing retention time. It is normally 6 to 18 inches deep.
HIGH MARSH: similar to the low marsh, only not as deep, usually 6 inches.
ISLANDS: provide safe nesting
areas for waterfowl as well as refuge and habitats for other wildlife.
Section 1
MICROPOOL: the last pool in the
system offers a location for sedimentation settlement and aquatic habitation, usually 3 to 6 feet deep.
OVERFLOW OUTLET: in the
case of a precipitation event that results in more water than the designed 25 year limit, the outlet will serve as a controlled release of the water.
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OBSERVATION DECK: designed
to provide close personal interaction with the wetland by fanning out over the water.
Detention Basin: delays stormwa-
ter entering the wetland and allows for some water infiltration into the
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Green Roofs
Thesis Research
Using Green Roofs to Mitigate the Effects of Solar Energy on an Unconditioned Building in the Southern United States.
This thesis project
examined the thermal properties of a green roof. In order to conduct the research, six fully insulated, unconditioned (no heating or cooling) buildings were built and then was fitted with a green roof or a traditional roof. Each of the buildings were outfitted with data loggers to record temperatures inside of and on top of each roof and were recorded over an eleven month period. The findings from this research proved that the presence of a green roof will reduce the daily high temperature in the summer and increase the daily low temperature in the winter both inside and on the roof of a building. This means that a building equipped with a green roof could achieve more consistent internal temperatures while consuming less energy.
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Sedum album
Sedum spurium ‘John Creech’
Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’
Sedum sexangulare
Previous Work Experiences
Glass Lawn Landscaping Glass Lawn Maintenance and Landscaping is a full service landscape company. The services provided range from mowing grass to full maintenance of a client’s property. Glass Lawn offers design and installation as well. My primary role with the company was to oversee the installation of all planting and hardscape designs. In this role I often met with clients, created design plans and made cost estimates.
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Other Projects and Art
“Taylor” Pencil
Markers and Color Pencil Drawing
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Ink Portrait of Hank III
Chief Sitting Bull Pencil
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