Ashley Schwemmer_LA-Portfolio

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ULI Hines Competition ................ 01 - 05 Reunion Ranch ............................ 06 - 09 St. Louis Riverfront ...................... 10 - 13 McCain Quad ............................... 14 - 17 Construction Details .................... 18 Hand Graphics .............................. 19


SUBMISSION BOARD done in collaboration with Elizabeth Decker, Lindsey Telford, Mitchell Loring, and Mike Jenkins


gerald d. hines urban land institute competition INTERDICIPLINARY ACADEMIC COMPETITION TYPE:

Public Institution-Kansas State University

LOCATION: SCALE:

Sulphur Dell, Nashville, TN

Urban - Over 1,000 acres

SERVICES:Site analysis, urban design, planning analysis, development strategy, stormwater management plan, flood mitigation plan, phasing, site design, pro forma, financial analysis

TOOLS:

arcGIS, autoCAD, sketchup, photoshop, excel

DESCRIPTION:

ULI Hines is an urban design competition open to graduate students. Our team was comprised of a city planner, architect, and two landscape architects from Kansas State University, and one real estate student from the University of Missouri - Kansas City. I took a “break� from my master project to collaborate for two intensive weeks. During this time we developed an urban design development proposal, including a pro forma, for an area just North of downtown Nashville, called Sulphur Dell. I have never learned so much in my life. I now have a deep appreciation for the development aspect of designs, and a itch to participate in more competitions and interdiciplinary work.

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designing for healthy natural and human systems

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Wetland

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Retired Living

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The Shed

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Family Care Clinic

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Sounds Ball Park

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Gym/ Child Care

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Greenway

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The Stockyard Restaurant

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Parking Garage

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Community Center

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Farmer’s Market

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The Lower Dell Wetland

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Urban Form

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Wetland Nightlife

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Game Day on Third Avenue

GREEN INFRASTRUCTU

Sulphur Dell’s flooding issue form the basis of The Lower Dell’s desig and phasing. The site’s bowl-shap topography catches runoff. The site also experiences backflow from the combined sewer system. This sewer system’s outfall lies within The Lower Dell. During high rainfa

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STREETSCAPES

RUNOFF ABSORBED

Permeable Paving

15,750,000 gal/yr

Box/Street Trees

3,470,000 gal/yr

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IInfiltration Trench

120,000 gal/yr

Filter Strips

50,000 gal/yr

Rain Gardens

1,000,000 gal/yr

Vegetated Bioswale

50,000 gal/yr

BUILDINGS Green Roofs + Cisterns

5,000,000 gal/yr

WETLANDS Wetland 37,143,400 gal/yr

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phasing: balancing water and development CWWTP

CWWTP

CWWTP

Open Space

Structured Parking

Medical Office

Phase 1

Residential

FLOODPLAIN: NOW

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FLOODPLAIN: 2020

FLOODPLAI Retai

Office

Open Space

Structured Parking

Open Space

171,000

Structured Parking Medical Office

Phase 1

Open Space Structured Parking Medical Office Residential

Residential

108,000

Hotel

109,620

Retail

312,435

PHASE 2: BUILDING USE SQ.FT. Open Space

171,000

Medical Office

189,440

Phase 2

Hotel

109,620

Hotel

Retail

312,435

Retail

Office

799,582

Office

Retail

Office

799,582

TOTAL: BUILDING

114,740

Structured Parking

total

Medical Office

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Residential

108,000

Hotel

Open Space

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Structured Parking

226,950

Residential

189,440 Phase 2

Office

PHASE ONE: BUILDING USE SQ.FT.

Medical Office

226,950

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Residential Hotel

431,931 54,650

Retail Office


Cumberland River 100 Year Floodplain

CWWTP

Wetland Source of flooding Sewer System flow Run-off flow

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Green Infrastructure throughout watershed

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226,950

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Wetlands

189,440

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109,620

Central Waste Water Treatment Plant (Capacity)

FLOODPLAIN: 2050

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REDUCING FLOODABLE LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT

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500 Year Floodplain

54,650

USE SQ.FT.

The Lower Dell uses a flood mitigation strategy which balances engineering improvements with green infrastructure implementation. Currently, the flooding situation in Sulphur Dell renders almost the entire neighborhood unsafe for development. Phase One of The Lower Dell development will introduce the wetlands and a greenway along the Music City Bikeway. Flood-risk areas will decrease with each additional phase as improvements are made to the Central Waste Water Treatment Plant and the combined sewer system, along with proposed green infrastructure in The Lower Dell and further upland.

171,000 341,690 189,440 492,704 109,620 744,366 854,232

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THE LOWER DELL WETLAND sketchup, photoshop done in collaboration with Elizabeth Decker


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WETLAND SHED NIGHTLIFE sketchup, photoshop done in collaboration with Elizabeth Decker and Lindsey Telford


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COMMUNITY CENTER RETENTION POND sketch-up, VUE, photoshop

The community center was placed by the historical windmill landmark. This location is also where a main drainage way flows, and an ideal site for a recreational retention pond.


REUNION RANCH CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT INDIVIDUAL PROJECT CLIENT:

Rvi - Landscape Architecture firm

LOCATION:

Hays County near Dripping Springs, Texas,

16 miles from downtown Austin.

SCALE:

Approximately 550 acres

SERVICES: Site analysis, site visit, research analysis, vertical and horizontal road alignment, grading plan, cut/fill estimates, site programming, site design

TOOLS:

ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, VUE, Sketch-Up

SITE PHOTO

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creating leveraging community natural systems Reunion Ranch is a residential conservation development planned using the careful consideration and preservation of ecological services. Through the preservation of these services, the development can create natural leisure amenities for people, habitats for flora and fauna, and save money on hard infrastructure. Reunion Ranch provides a lifestyle where people can interact with nature on various levels, from the passive to interactive, social to private, and wild to controlled. The organization of these lots were guided by ReunionSUITABILITY ANALYSIS Ranch IMAP SUITABILITY a suitability analysis using ArcGIS, the resultsDate: of 14‐Sep‐12 which Project: Reunion Ranch Conservation Development arcGIS Location: Dripping Springs, TX Run by: Ashley Schwemmer are in the map to the left, and the table below. 0

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Dripping Springs, Texas

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1,950 Feet

1 inch = 600 feet

Client: Suitability for:

Rvi Structures/Buildings

Suitability Scale for Development Weight

650

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Weight as % Analysis Layer

Exclusionary

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Suitability Rating

Low Low Least favorable <‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ (or protect)

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Jurisdictional

outside project boundary

Within 15' of project boundary

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Slope

20.01+%

15.01% ‐ 20%

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Aspect (solar gain)

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0.25

Drainage ways

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0.10

Vegetation

North, NW, NE within 50' buffer of major within 50' buffer of minor drainage way, minor drainage drainage, 65' buffer of major way drainage way Specimen trees to be protected Dense vegetation

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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐> Most favorable (or free to alter)

5.01% ‐ 15%

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East,West

South, SE, SW

within 65' buffer of minor drainage ways

all other areas

Medium Dense vegetation

Meadow

Notes: Water buffer distance determined by Dripping Springs' Water Quality Protection Ordinance Section 8.1

SUITABILITY ANALYSIS

DESIGN ITERATIONS: CREATING COMMUNITY PODS marker on trace paper

High High

inside boundary

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Moderate Moderate


DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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Scale: 1.00”=1625’

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Residential Lots

Streets Watershed Boundaries Secondary Drainage Primary Drainage

Location of Proposed Pond

DESIGNING WITH DRAINAGE PATTERNS autoCAD, illustrator

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PROVIDING DEGREES OF INTERACTION WITH NATURE sketch-up, photoshop Observation (Public Open Space) -Trails, picnic tables -walking/running Production (Community Gardens/Flower beds) -gardening

PHASE 2

Recreation (Semi-Public Open Space) -Sports -Frisbee with dog Creation (Semi-Private yards) -landscaping Relaxation (Private courtyards) -Sunbathing -Eating

ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN arcGIS, VUE, Illustrator, photoshop


PHASED CONTINUOUSLY

PHASE 1

Gated Community

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Community Center/ Retention Pond

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Scale: 1.00”=450’

450

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(PHASE ONE) CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT autoCAD

VERTICAL ALIGNMENT autoCAD

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100


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CUT-FILL arcGIS, autoCAD

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100

Scale: 1.00”=100’

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BARGE PARK CONCEPT MONTAGE photoshop


ST. LOUIS RIVERFRONT ACADEMIC GROUP/INDIVIDUAL PROJECT CLIENT:

Public/Private - City of St. Louis and HOK

LOCATION: SCALE:

Mississippi Riverfront - St. Louis, MO

urban - group site about 2,500 acres individual site about 1,000acres

SERVICES:site analysis, site visit, research of

TOOLS:

water features, site programming, site design autoCAD, photoshop, illustrator

SITE PHOTOS

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ignored affordable landscapes ecologies As an extension of a group project aimed at reconnecting St. Louis to the Mississippi River, my individual project started as an idea that turned old barges into floating, temporal parks. I chose a site on the riverfront where the abandoned trestle runs through and terminates. There are plans in the works to repurpose this trestle. After visiting the site, I observed serious social, functional, and ecological dilemmas in which my Barge Park proposal did not address. Socially, the dilemma was the homeless population just south of my site, deemed “Hopeville.� Functionally, this area is the main hub for industrial activity. Large trucks and railcars are making the area undesirable and unsafe for pedestrians.

Ecologically, the site is contributing to the pollution of the Mississippi River. This is caused by the large amount of runoff flowing through the coals mounds and scrap yards adjacent to the river. My proposal focuses on integrating all of the above existing elements, using their physical form and functions to support a synergetic system that creates affordable ecologies for the existing population, as well as a vibrant mixed-use entertainment area that will provide economical stability.

Emotive Site Sketch, pen and marker


Barge Park

Individual Site

St. Louis, MO

I-70

Mississippi River

Pedestrian Trestle

Plans to repurpose an abandoned trestle into an elevated pedestrian walkway has given this area reason to be activated and developed. The trestle is the spine of this proposal, as it provides a safe elevated circulation route for pedestrians.

STRATEGIC PLAN Reconnecting the Riverfront Group Site autoCAD (Alyssa Butler), illustrator, photoshop

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Phydoremediation Scrap Metal Yard (Existing)

Mixed-Use Activity Center

Urban Tree Nursery Produce Row (Existing)

Multi-Family Residential Housing

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Composting

District Heating Plant

Industrial Activity (Existing)

Pedestrian Trestle

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SITE PLAN autoCAD, photoshop


SYNERGETIC DESIGN STRATEGY

Cleansing Canal Pump Pools (Developed within the “Reconnecting the Riverfront Group” Strategic Plan)

Barge Park

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SYNERGETIC PROGRAMMING illustrator, photoshop

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Community

Existing Functions Industry Produce Row

Proposed Programming District Heating Urban Tree Nursery Mixed-Use Activity Center/Barge Park

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adaptable, community driven attractions The mixed-use activity center located at the edge of the Mississippi River provides commerce, amenities, and jobs. To bring people in regionally, a unique attraction was created that celebrates the area’s industrial history - a floating park system made from repurposed barges. Barge Park is a landscape of mini ecologies that change with the season (a swimming pool in the summer, ice skating in the winter, putt putt golf in the spring, etc.). Barges containing gardens, green houses, and fishing provide opportunities for affordable occupations and food. The barges create a flexible framework for the community to display their culture and support their needs. This aspect lends a sense of ownership to Barge Park, ensuring it’s continued use.

SECTION THROUGH MIXED-USE ACTIVITY CENTER autoCAD, photoshop

WORKING WITH THE FLOOD LEVEL In addition to being programmatically flexible, the barges also work with the flood levels. Anchored by poles, they can rise and fall with the water level, and by placing the dock on top of them, access to these barges will always be possible.


BARGE PARK SUMMER ACTIVITY photoshop, pen, sketchup

Mixed-Use buildings (commerce on first two floors, residential on third) Pump pool for water purification canal (introduced in group portion of project)

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