2012: In the Building Arts, Design Portfolios of August DeWinkler

In the Building Arts Design portfolios of August DeWinkler

Table of Contents Introduction: 2 Table of Contents 4 Letters of Recommendation Excerpts 5 Design Intention Statement Architecture Design Portfolio: 6 Graphic Interpretation 8 Decomposition / Composition 10 Spatial Intervention for a Museum of Art Landscape Design Portfolio: 12 Site Analysis at Silver Glen Springs 14 Grading & Planting for a Meditation Garden 16 Conceptual Residential Design 18 Environmental Design for Cedar Grove Garden Design Portfolio: 20 Nature Gardens with a Tropical Rainforest 22 Regional Influences from Ibiza to Palm Beach 24 Style and Trends with the Garden Amenities 26 Tropical Modernism with Sustainability Appreciation: 28 Resume 29 Works Cited

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Introduction

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Letters of Recommendation BRUCE

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CUMMINGS,

Excerpts

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“… August’s strengths revolve around his computer abilities including his knowledge of AutoCAD and WordPerfect software, his love and knowledge of South Florida plant material and his office organizational skills. Overall, I feel he will capable productive member of our profession …(Cummings 10)” Bruce E. Cummings, RLA FUSTER

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“… His strength is his enthusiasm for the profession combined with his skills at computer aided design. He was truly valuable during the time he worked at this office…(Fuster 8)” Emilio J. Fuster, ASLA GOLDCOAST

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CONSULTANTS

“… He has served as an AutoCAD Technician … demonstrating technical proficeincy and strong organizational skills. His interest lies in the fields of land planning and landscape architecture and the civil engineering experience he has acquired during his tenure with us should serve him well …(Seiler 1)” George R. Seiler, P.E. President SAFARI

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“… he was creative and enthusiastic in his field of work. He was a team player and well liked by his peers. We wish him all the very best for the future …

(Wight 2)” Laraine J Wight, Principal

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Design Intention Statement

All of us have talents, and some of us have the fortitude to be able to use our talents as a profession. I know from experience that I am a great garden designer. I have been fortunate to create gardens in the private sector for home owner’s properties of all different sizes and budgets. I have also gained experience and insight as a CAD Technician with firms that provide services for the building art industries.

I have created this portfolio as a representation of not only my work, but as a result from collaboration with others. As a student, my design experiences are a combination of experiential learning and design critiques. My professional experiences are always a result of client input and direction, even though I provide extensive research to develop my concepts. Software, photographic imagery and products found from the internet play a crucial part in the development of design work. I have given credit when it is due on my works cited page. I have also included additional information in the form of credit to represent my knowledge and experience with integrating various graphic entities to complete each level or phase of my design projects.

By continuing my education, I have faith that I will gain a level of expertise to become an exceptional designer and creator for built environments in the public sector.

Introduction

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Project: Graphic Interpretation of a Fine Arts Plaza

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This first course in the sequence of Architecture Design courses introduced graphic design with the analysis of the University of Florida’s Fine Arts Plaza. Elevations, plans, and perspectives were drawn individually and then compiled on a master sheet of vellum using inks and charcoal.

Course: “ARC 1301 Architecture Studio Design 1 . . .

An introductory Course interfacing communication skills with design thinking. Emphasis is on the awareness and understanding of basic organization ideas in design. “(”UF“ 204)

Architecture Design Portfolio

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Project: Decomposition / Composition

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The decomposition of this project was a graphical study comparing Pallidio and Kahn by various architectonic principles. The study was recomposed with the Mayan city of Palanque. Graphics were produced by hand, ink on mylar was used for the presentation drawings.

Course: “ARC 1302 Architecture Studio Design 2 . . .

An analysis course that uses the study of architectural precendent as a foundation for the development of communication and design skills. “ (”UF“ 204)

Architecture Design Portfolio

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Project: Spatial Intervention for a Museum of Art

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For this project we were given a program of designing a museum of contemporary art for the City of Boston. Design methods and spatial configurations were modeled and then intervened with an actual art piece. Ink on Mylar was used for the presentation drawings.

Course: “ARC 2303 Architecture Studio Design 3 . . .

A studio course that explores the history and culture on design decision making. “ (”UF“ 205)

Architecture Design Portfolio

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Project: Site Analysis at Silver Glen Springs Park Note: This portion was a group project.

Team Members are listed per Sheet.

Diagram Graphic All Members

Diagram Bubbles: Pete Collins

Diagram Sketch: Susan Francis

Diagram Base: August DeWinkler This project began as a group to aid in the enhancement of this dilapidating park. Bubble diagrams

L D were used as the basis for a design intervention. Then, individually, we developed our own diagrams P 12 and plans to aid in the park rehabilitation. Final presentation was with markers on Mylar.

Course: “LAA 2330 Site Analysis . . .

Inventory, analysis and evaluation of site development procedures; emphasis on landscape ecology. “(”UF” 264)

Marker Renderings: August DeWinkler

Landscape Design Portfolio

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Project: Grading & Planting for a Meditation Garden

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This project began on a vacant lot facing Lake Alice on campus grounds; we were given a program of developing the Meditation Garden. We were allowed to push the bounds of design by implementing the use of shaping the land form with grading to accommodate the concept.

Course: “ARC 2350 Landscape Architecture Principles . . .

Landscape Architectural design process, materials methods and technical skills; emphasis on planting design; evaluation for professional standing. “ (”UF“ 264)

Landscape Design Portfolio

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Project: Conceptual Residential Design

L D This conceptual design project program was determined for a family with an active lifestyle. Project components were merged with that of the overall concept. The house architecture was picked from P 16 established architect plans that would best suite our clients needs and fit with the concept.

Course: “LAA 3350 Landscape Architecture Studio 1 Program organization, concept development, and landscape design procedures with emphasive on spatial compositon and horizontal circulation; scale and textural relationships; site studies based on user needs of natural and built environments. “(”UF’’ 264)

Landscape Design Portfolio

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Project: Environmental Design for Cedar Grove

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The vacant parcel of land near Waldo, Florida was provided as the site to be used for this design process.

Mixed uses and levels of density housing were to be incorporated into our master plans by adhering to strict environmental architectural principles to give this community a design with sustainability.

Course: “LAA 3351L Landscape Architecture Studio 2 . . .

Continuation of LAA 3350 with emphasive on detail design and environmental aesthetics; site studies based on user needs of urban and rural environments, present and future; presentation methods.” (“UF” 264)

Landscape Design Portfolio

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Project: Nature Gardens with a Tropical Rainforest From a single large Frangipani tree and an outdoor shower from Target generated this concept; the owners wanted a jungle with water features. For privacy we sank the shower in a grotto under the tree, and overhead we placed foggers in the tree to provide an additional mist that floats over the entire back yard. To compliment the jungle feel we added a pond and waterfalls next to a thatched gazebo, the water then flows down the stream towards the shower grotto.

Wood walkways meander through the garden, around the stream and into the grotto. Costus, Heliconias, Gingers, and Philodendrons are placed at every turn and angle.

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This is one of my favorite projects, I had a blank slate except for the frangipani in one corner and an areca palm in the other. CAD drawings were created to aid the homeowner’s with a design vision and stategy to implement the project in phases.

Project Description: The creation of an ecosystem for which both wildlife and humans can co-exist in harmony is simple when utilizing native plants, natural materials, and a water feature.

We created individual, interlocking wood steps that lead into the fern grotto. The walls of the grotto are made from concrete roofing tiles placed vertically. Their seams are sealed with landscape block adhesive, and Creeping Fig covers their face. Coral rocks line the top; Orchids and Bromeliads are placed along the descending steps. Lush ferns and Seasonal color provide the under story plantings. At the base of the grotto, two wood benches face each other on a platform near the shower. During the hot summer months it is a great place to sit with a friend, cool off in the mist, and to smell the abundant fragrance of the Frangipani and the nearby orchids.

Garden Design Portfolio

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Project: Regional Influences from Ibiza to Palm Beach

A Tropical Formal Garden sprang from this concept, utilizing influences from Ibiza, Spain to the structure of a typical Palm Beach garden. We flanked the residence with dark wood beamed trellises for bright red Bougainvilleas and purple Petreas. The wood beams carry over to pecky cypress covered porches with barrel tiled roofs. Macarthur Palms are placed at the base of the two center columns and line up directly across the pool. Accentuating this verticality from the residence into the garden we placed bamboos along the East and West boundaries. Anthuriums, Shell Gingers, Cheniles, and Shrimp Cocktails add hues of pinks, reds, and mauves into the garden. Contrasting, hedged Gold Mounds sculpt and direct the visitor to the water's edge.

Creating a courtyard, the curved driveway was replaced with one of rectilinear proportions. A raised planter with Green Wave ferns, Jasmine on a wired trellis, and containers of Dwarf PieCrust Crotons provide screening for the gate controls. Bulnesias frame the courtyard entrance and Starburst Clerodendrons line the edges. Pinwheel Jasmines, Irises, Flax and Waffle Plants provide the under story plantings. Ficus Vines will soon cover the other walls of the courtyard.

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For this client I hired Architect Antonio Treu for the front and back porch designs, he also aided in the large trellis features that are attached to the home. Perfect Pavers did the driveways and Aqua Logic aided in the re-design of the existing odd shaped swimming pool.

Project Description: From observing our natural surrondings, to those of site specific destinations; a "sense of place" can be created when ideas, materials, and processes are intergrated into a Garden Theme.

The swimming pool is surfaced with Pebble Tec's Midnight Blue which gives the water the unique color and blends with that of the distant waterway. The extra wide pool coping provides a distinct linear edge to the lawn, while the opposite edge undulates to the curvature of the landscaping.

Garden Design Portfolio

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Project: Style & Trends with the Garden Amenities

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After several hurricanes past over Florida this residence was in need of a face lift. I repotted all the containers and instructed the grounds crew on some key issues to revitalize the existing landscape.

Project Description: It is the design idea that connects all garden components into a single theme, such as past ideas to gardens of the future, classical to the formal, or the fusion of periods and locations.

The Garden Amenities embrace the architecture style to that of the landscape concept. The Italian compound utilizes simple terracotta containers for the extraordinary Juniper procumbens. An outdoor fireplace is graced with Caladium troughs and urns of Impatiens. Highly decorative flower pots are adorned with flowering vines to match the hand painted flowers. Clipped spiral Podocarpus flanks the residence entrance and Eugenia cones are spotted throughout the grounds to embellish the Italian Mediterranean Revival residence.

Garden Design Portfolio

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Project: Tropical Modernism with Sustainability

Image boards used to various and alternate design elements

G D This client invested heavily in this Coconut Grove Condominium located on the first floor with large planters. The inside corner receives little light so we decided to add a mixture of silk and plastic P 26 plants. The above drawings were created as alternates to help the client envision the landscape design.

Project Description: As we look towards the future for a better living environment, the modern garden embraces an essence from the past with technological achievements of the present.

Gardens for the future will be those that require the least maintenance and are sustainable under adverse conditions. These living spaces can be cooled with air conditionning, irrigated by micro systems, lighted by computer interfaces, viewed over the internet, and controlled by software .

Garden Design Portfolio

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Resume of August DeWinkler QUALIFICATIONS

Education: • North Miami Senior High • Broward College • Florida Atlantic University • University of Florida TOWARDS

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Project Participation With: • Commercial & Industrial Designs • Hospitality & Tourism Designs • Parks & Recreation Designs • Residential & Community Designs

Seminars & Adult Education: • Dale Carnegie Effective Speaking • FIU Mgmt Development Seminar • Mike Lin Graphics Seminar • Seaborne Airlines Mgmt Program

DEGREE

Masters of Landscape Architecture January 2012 to the Present • Management of Admissions Criteria: Application, Portfolio, and Transcript Processing • Spring Courses 2012 in Progress: Design 4, Structures and Systems, Trigonometry • Summer Courses 2012: Design Graphics, Materials and Methods, Physics • Fall Term 2012: Enrollment at Florida International University UNEMPLOYED

Management of Unemployment Compensation Insurance April 2009 to December 2011 • Vacations: San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, USVI • Home Improvements: Renovated my house for Renters • Landscaping: Built Walkways and Bridges over Streams on Property in USVI • Computer Education: Cell Phone Synchronization, Web Pages for Mobile Devices SEABORNE

AIRLINES

Stock Clerk, Purchasing Manager August 2007 to March 2009 • Shipping & Receiving: Aircraft Parts, Repair Orders and Maintenance Programs • FAA Compliance: Maintained Inventory Parts per Aviation Standards • Purchasing: New Aircraft Parts, Used Aircraft Parts as needed • Vendor Bids: Provided Price Comparison Reports to Airline President and CFO LIFE-SCAPES

Proprietor, Garden Design and Project Management October 2002 to August 2007 • Administration: Creation, Development, and Organizational Life-Scapes Activities • Conceptual Designs: Client Based Meetings to Determine the Scope / Project Vision • Installations: Coordinated activity from plant selections to supervising • Theme Garden Designs: Nature, Regional Influenced, Style, & Trend Gardens SOFTWARE

CAD & GIS Programs: • AutoCAD R10 to R2008 • Autodesk Maya R8.5 • Google Sketchup 3D • Google Earth

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PROFICIENCY

Office Programs: • Documents with Word R2010 • Image Management with ACDC • Financial with QuickBooks R2008 • Spreadsheets with Excel R2010

Presentation Programs: • Adobe Creative Suite CS5 • BSR Video Editing Software • String Function Excel Web Pages • Web Pages typed in html Code

Portfolio Credits INSPIRATIONAL

Broward College • John Szerdi • Frederick Merle • Stephen Brasgalla WORKS

FACULTY

University of Florida: • Martin Gundersen • Maria C. Gurucharri • Terry R. Schnadelbach

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PROFESSORS

Florida Atlantic University: • Marilyn Mammano • Margaret Murray • Versel Reid

CITATED

Adobe Acrobat CS5. Computer software. Vers. 10.1.2.

Adobe Illustrator CS5. Computer software. Vers. 15.1.0.

Adobe Photoshop CS5. Computer software. Vers. 12.1.0.

AutoDesk AutoCAD. Computer software. Release 2002.

Cummings, Bruce E. "Letter of Recommendation." To Whom It May Concern. 29 Mar. 1997.

Lines 10-14 “FAU” Florida Atlantic University. Florida Atlantic University Undergraduate Catalog 1999-2000.

Pages 448 Fuster, Emilio J. "Recommendation." Letter to To Whom It May Concern. 14 Mar. 1997. Lines-9 Google Sketchup. Computer Software.

Google Earth. Computer Software.

Rosky, Myro. Photographer.

Seiler, George R. "Recommendation." Letter to To Whom It May Concern:. 12 Jan. 2000. Lines 2-4 “UF” University of Florida. (1995 March). Undergraduate Catalog 1995-96. Pages 204-205, 264 Wight, Laraine J. "Recommendation." Letter to To Whom It May Concern:. 19 Oct. 2001. Lines 2-4

THANK YOU

to my parents, for their inspiration and trust that has helped me to reach personal achievements and aspirations of quality living, home ownership, and a career.

Appreciation

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In the Building Arts Design portfolios of August DeWinkler