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Waller Park (City of Roswell)

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(C) 2012 B ryan D . Har r i s on, A l l R i ght s R e s e r ve d

CONTENTS

1 Pulse of the Chattahoochee 3 Dolan Residence 4 Stanley Residence 5 Woodward Hall Plaza Redesign 6 Residential Deck Construction Documents 7 Native Plant Site Solutions Publication 8 Coastal Buffer Design 9 Roseheart Spiritual Center for Children 11 Medeiros Memorial Park 12 The Greene School 13 Villa di Pollio Felice

Big Creek

Urban High Res Low-Med Res

SUWANEE CREEK

RIVER: SUGAR HILL

RIVER:

A : 51.0 SQ MI L : 13.5 MI

A : 64.5 SQ MI L : 10.3 MI

A : 21.9 SQ MI L : 8.8 MI

A : 13.1 SQ MI L : 6 6 MI

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16% 2%

21%

17% 4%

3% 36%

Open Space 31%

47%

35%

DULUTH

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27%

JOHNS CREEK

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11%

RIVER: NORCROSS

RIVER:

A : 103.7 SQ MI L : 21.6 MI

A : 43.2 SQ MI L : 11 9 MI

A : 25.0 SQ MI L : 8.8 MI

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21%

6%

8%

BIG CREEK

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27%

57%

14%

MORGAN FALLS

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PEACHTREE CREEK

WILLEO CREEK

A : 130.7 SQ MI L : 16.4 MI

A : 16.7 SQ MI L : 5.3 MI 7% 2%

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SOPE CREEK

RIVER:

A : 35.2 SQ MI L : 8.8 MI

SANDY SPRINGS A : 16.1 SQ MI L : 4.4 MI

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RIVER: VININGS

A : 19.8 SQ MI L : 7.8 MI

A : 9.0 SQ MI L : 3.9 MI 21%

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16%

42%

17%

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ROTTONWOOD CREEK

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Open Space

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Vinings Rottenwood Creek

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42%

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Johns Creek

Sandy Springs

Sope Creek

Sugar Hill-Shake Rag

Morgan Falls Reservoir

Dunwoody-Norcross

Willeo Creek

Berkeley LakeDuluth

Upper ChattahoocheeLake Sidney Lanier

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Section through on-site floodplain which captures stormwater from the GA-9 bridge

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Test sites in the Chattahoochee River watershed

Greater Atlanta Metropolitan Area, GA. The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA) is one of the National Park sites chosen to partner with the Van Alen Institute of New York for a national design competition called Parks for the People. The competition goal was to “reimagine America’s National Parks.” Our team chose the CRNRA site north of Atlanta, GA because it was a challenge: fragmented, diverse, unfamiliar geology and a complicated urban environment across multiple counties and municipalities. For my angle on the project I chose to investigate the site from the perspective of urban ecology and the relationship of the community to the health of the river.

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VICKERY CREEK CRNRA

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Vickery Creek parcel & adjacent public lands

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Water Treatment Facility

Vickery Creek, CRNRA Water Treatment Facil ty

Vickery Creek CRNRA

Riverside Park, Town of Roswe l

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Old mill ruins

Tree cover Scrub-shrub growth Shrub layer under canopy Observat on deck Boardwalk/MUT Path under bridge

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Riverside Park, Town of Roswell

PULSE OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE

OLD MILL PA K TOWN OF ROSWELL

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Site Plan for Watershed Exploration Park

This 2.5 acre site is part of the Vickery Creek parcel of the CRNRA. It serves as a demonstration site for a systematic monitoring and feedback program to be integrated into the CRNRA. It is located at the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Big Creek Watershed, the largest subcatchment of the Upper Chattahoochee. It also has opportunities to engage a large number of visitors and the local community, to test and treat water from an on site wastewater treatment facility and improve water quality and provide habitat through floodplain reconnection. The design, the Watershed Exploration Park, engages the public by making the watershed visible and interactive.

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DOLAN RESIDENCE

Residential Planting Design & Hardscape Plan

Aerial image shows site potential

Current back yard has little access for a wheelchair

Concept for paved travertine patio with shade pergola

Pembroke Pines, FL. My first experience with planting design in Florida. The homeowner uses a wheelchair, and the property which has a beautiful lake view is currently under-utilized. Goals for this project were to create a shaded gathering space for parties and barbecue, to have wheelchair accessible paths to be closer to the water, and to create a space with a rich subtropical feel. The design makes a strong use of the variety of textures and colors available in South Florida’s growing environment while including a significant portion of native vegetation. 2’ x 2’ travertine pavers are specified for the patios and the CoolDeck at the south edge of the pool has been extended for safety.

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STANLEY RESIDENCE

Residential site plan with key design elements highlighted

Home surrounded by natural area

Front lawn will become the new gathering space

Working kitchen garden

Custom arbor reflects octagonal elements of the design

Dryden, NY. My colleague, Kim Wilczak and I took this design project on after graduation; all aspects of the design are collaborative except the arbor. The homeowners were new to Upstate New York and had just purchased the property. They wanted to employ professional design but had a very limited budget. We worked within their means to design a gathering space in front of the modest sized home, a hardscape patio and firepit, and to create a transition from the front to the back which also allowed maintenance access. Stairs on the north side are framed by a thick planting of Hosta and Ostrich Fern. Predominantly native plants were selected for color and year-round interest at the client’s request.

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WOODWARD HALL PLAZA REDESIGN

Layout Plan

Stair Facing Detail with green wall

Stair Section Detail

Ramp Detail

Kingston, RI. Construction details for a redesign of a University of Rhode Island campus space.

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Layout Plan

RESIDENTIAL DECK CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

Sketchup Model of Deck

Construction Details

South Kingstown, RI. I designed a custom deck for a client’s home as part of a studio project. The deck is designed to meet safety codes and weight loads. The plan and details were created using Microstation. The 3D deck model was built in Sketchup.

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Model #9, small spaces, steep slopes prone to erosion

Example plant system plan and mature plant heights

NATIVE PLANT SITE SOLUTIONS PUBLICATION

Publication cover, design by Kaitlyn Lamb

Model #6, full sun, wet feet, compacted soils

Kingston, RI. The Native Plant Site Solutions book has been through many incarnations. It was originally developed through a partnership between the University of Rhode Island Outreach Center and the RI Coastal Resources Management Council as a way to address coastal buffer management for homeowners on Narragansett Bay. The plant systems were designed to be native, salt-tolerant, and adaptable for a range of conditions found in the coastal environment of Rhode Island. The work helped me to become intimately familiar with the native coastal vegetation of the Northeast, understand coastal policy and gave me freedom to explore hand graphic illustration.

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COASTAL BUFFER DESIGN

Residential coastal buffer planting plan 

Warwick Neck coastal buffer planting plan

Installation of coastal buffer at Warwick Neck

Warwick Neck coastal buffer one year later

Warwick, RI. With over 400 miles of coastline, maintaining the health of the coastal waters and the shoreline habitat is essential to residents, businesses and visitors in Rhode Island. Coastal buffers act as critical wildlife habitat, slow stormwater runoff and filter pollutants, and help to slow shoreline erosion. The goals of this buffer restoration program are to provide ecological function while maintaining pleasant aesthetics. For a homeowner in Warwick, expansions in their home’s footprint triggered expanded buffer requirements (above). Along Warwick Neck Road (below) a narrow and extremely tough-on-plants site is the subject of ongoing buffer experimentation for which I designed an iteration.

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ROSEHEART SPIRITUAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN

Site Master Plan

Exploration tunnel and spiral walk and play village

Concept sketch for play structure

Jefferson City, MO. The Roseheart Center is a spiritual and education facility for young children. At its opening they commissioned a design contest to envision a progressive play and learning space. In keeping with the mission of the Roseheart Center this design incorporates the experiential landscape as a learning tool and the use of open ended play and unstructured play as important developmental learning experiences. The whole of the design is based on spirals and circles and sacred geometry relationships.

Wind is an ever-present natural resource on the edge of the prairie, and wind sculptures by Lyman Whitaker transform the force of the wind into beautiful movement.

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ROSEHEART SPIRITUAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN

East Section through play spaces, spiral mound and wind sculpture, pergola and main house

North Section through sensory garden with wind sculpture, working barn, pergola and main house

The Meditation Grove becomes a community resource

Picking up kids at the end of the day

Design elements were intended to be naturalistic and reflect elements of the Missouri environment. The spiral mound references the Native American mounds found in the area. The Roseheart Center is a working facility with ongoing work by staff and children to build interactive educational features on the property.

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Memorial Walk with Arcadian folly

Section through semi-enclosed contemplative space

Continued section through memorial walk

Lowlands Boardwalk concept

Section through seating space

Bristol, RI. This memorial and park seeks to bring awareness of domestic violence in the community of Bristol, Rhode Island. It is the responsibility of the designer to translate the unspoken needs of those who have been affected by domestic violence, to tell their story, and to bring into the light a subject often shrouded by shame, misunderstanding, or ignorance. The land where the park is located was once the commons of the Bristol settlement; the park is a community space. The parcel today is surrounded by Bristol’s industry. Restoration of the heavily modified wetlands and establishing a habitat corridor figure strongly into the design and theme of healing throughout the site.

MEDEIROS MEMORIAL PARK

From golf course to memorial park & natural area

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THE GREENE SCHOOL Resource, waste and water recycling systems

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Wind potential map highlighting potential sites

Concept for high school site layout

Preserved open space network around campus

Development restrictions and groundwater recharge areas

Potential development areas to limit disturbance

West Greenwich, RI. A team design to site and envision an environmentally focused charter high school at the W. Alton Jones campus of the University of Rhode Island. Understanding the opportunities and constraints and context of 1600 acre site was made possible using the rich information of the Rhode Island GIS database. I was the GIS lead for the project. As a green construction project, solar aspect, wind potential, indoor-outdoor classrooms and resource reuse as integrated educational elements were essential to the building architecture. Site proposals were turned over to the stakeholders and an architectural team used the 12 information for future campus plans. Currently under construction.

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SEMINARIO INTERNAZIONALE DI PROGETTAZIONE BEYOND POMPEII: THE VESUVIAN CULTURAL & TOURIST DISTRICT SORRENTO - VILLA DI POLLIO FELICE A Sequence of Views

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1. The approach to the site is a long linear and channelized corridor with corresponding linear views. Bends conceal what is around the next corner.

View of Grove Entrance

2. At the threshold of the site the channel breaks down, the walls transition to more open views. Paving pattern changes show locations of historic walls.

7. Once in the grove the visitor experiences another channelized path, moving out towards the edge of the grove wall and the blue of the horizon.

3. The visitor walks out onto a chestnut wood deck and is afforded their first view of Mount Vesuvius to the northeast, a powerful wayfinding landmark.

The deck allows unimpeded movement flow for those passing behind.

8. At the top of the wall and edge of the olive grove the design motif of the columns is repeated. Expansive views allow the visitor to look across to the Villa of Pollio Felix. Here is also constructed an interpretive signage panel which will be sheltered from the biting sea. The visitor can take in the whole of the Villa and its history and then leave the grove to experience it on foot.

4. A shorter channelized walk bordered on one side by a 5 to 7 meter wall and the other by dense vegetation opens at last to a view of the villa proper.

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6. Through paving patterns and construction of columns and rebuilding the Olive Grove wall a new visitor entrance to the site is created.

5. An elevated platform on axis with the walk encompasses an expansive view out to the villa, down to the cove, and back to the beautiful coastline of the Bay of Naples and the mountains of the Sorrento Peninsula.

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VILLA DI POLLIO FELICE

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

9. Deck construction on site will be accomplished using the local Chestnut (Castagni), and where possible using local craftspersons. It is a lowcost local material and when combined with good construction and design detail it will complement the vernacular use of this same material while standing out as artfully crafted. Additionally, it is easy to replace, resistant to the ocean’s weathering, and non-permanent in the event of further archaeological investigation on the site.

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Presentation board for international conference showing design concepts

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Travel routes from new tourist center

Aerial photograph of site showing agricultural terraces

Active and productive agriculture...

... on an active and ancient ruin.

Sorrento, Italy. This design symposium was hosted in Castellammare Italy, home to several ancient Roman villas, and a city aspiring to host an archeological park to be the central tourist destination for the region. The Sorrento villa site, speculated to be the home of Pollio Felice, is unlike many of the more preserved sites in the plain around Mount Vesuvius. The site has been exposed to the sea for nearly 200 years and it is a local resource. The site challenges are getting tourists to find the villa location, access the site, and to tease out the form and purpose of the original structure. Design elements serve to interpret and frame its rustic, relic beauty 13 while preserving the rustic character of the site.

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VILLA DI POLLIO FELICE

To: Via Capo .5km

Olivetto/Olive grove Inaccessible vegetation

Primary circulation

Swimming areas

Secondary circulation

Ruin exploration Fishing use Sunbathing Moped parking

To: Lido la Solara, Ristorante & Bar

Site use map

Bunschoten spatial analysis diagram

Deconstructivist “archaeological excavations� of site impressions were used to inspire design concepts

Spatial analysis applied to 3D Rhino model of the site

Statius poem from Silvae

Working with both architects and archaeologists initial design inspirations were heavily influenced by abstractions of place, architecture, and of archaeological exploration processes. The site is also unique in that it has a historical text, by Statius which was likely written about this place during its height providing contemporary inspiration from its strong visual imagery.

More about the experience can be found at: http://www.lafoundation.org/news-events/blog/2010/12/13/osp-bryan-harrison/

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THANK YOU

Sculptural Wall at Teardrop Park, New York, NY

Stair ornamentation at Prospect Park, New York, NY

Thank you for your time, Bryan D. Harrison LandscapeHarrison@gmail.com 740.417.6931

BRYAN D. HARRISON

Drip line explanation drawing for planting design manual

Quick concept sketch for new plaza space on URI campus