brett kordenbrock portfolio
Brett Kordenbrock, LEED_AP 513.205.2706 brett.kordenbrock@gmail.com
CONTENTS ACADEMIC Augmenting Systems: Picway Power Plant Enhancement of Concretized Streams: Mill Creek The Borrowed Landscape Modernism II Character | Space | Management How Green is C-bus? Nomads-land PROFESSIONAL Glenstone I+II Newport Beach Civic Center Bronxchester Spontaneous Urban Plants CONTRIBUTIONS + EXPLORATIONS H2O + Plane + Flexibility Road Warriors Pruitt-Igoe Pits & Piles
EDUCATION
2013 2007
The Ohio State University, Knowlton School of Architecture University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, Planning
Master of Landscape Architecture Bachelor of Urban Planning
HONORS + AWARDS
2013 2012 2011
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Knowlton School of Architecture, Landscape Section Landscape Architecture Foundation Rho Chapter Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society Knowlton School of Architecture, Landscape Section Ohio Chapter of the ASLA ACSA’s Achive100 - I am Being Resourceful Knowlton School of Architecture, Landscape Section
Student Honor Award Research Thesis Award University Olmsted Scholar Member Design Studio Awards [multiple] Student Honor Award Competition Winner First Year Graduate Award
2013-Present 2011-2013 2012 2009-2010 2010 2008-2010 2007-2009 2006 2004-2006
Future Green Studio, Brooklyn, NY The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH PWP Landscape Architecture, Berkeley, CA TinkerTurf Lawn & Landscape, Evendale, OH Cincinnati Regional Chapter of the USGBC Cincinnati Regional Chapter of the USGBC Neyer Properties, Evendale, OH Lannert Group Landscape Architecture, Geneva, IL Bayer Becker Engineers, Fairfield, OH
Design Intern Graduate Teaching Assistant Design Intern Foreman + Business Development Board of Directors Chair, Commercial Real Estate Development Associate Design Intern Site Design Intern
EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite Rhino 3D Modeler Woodworking Metalworking AutoCAD 10+
Vectorworks ArcGIS/MAP Microsoft Office Suite Hand sketch/render
ACADEMIC
AUGMENTING SYSTEMS Strategies for Ecological Intensity at Picway Power Plant G1 Studio | Boswell | Sp2011 Ohio’s coal dependency has led to both the underutilization of land and ecosystem marginalization. Analysis of integral power plant systems led to an understanding of the power plant’s inputs and outputs (excess). The use of excess in Picway Power Plant’s systems provide an opportunity for several interventions: thickened habitat patches and corridors; thickened impoundment caps both for cover and biomass production; waste water reuse for a 365-day water fowl environment; and CO2-fed algae for a future energy source as Ohio diversifies its energy portfolio. These strategies reposition Picway Power Plant as an ecological machine. For these efforts the project won ACSA’s I am Being Resourceful Competition and an Ohio Chapter ASLA Honor Award.
Birds-eye of Picway Power Plant
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65% of Ohio’s energy is derived from Coal making it one of the largest producers of energy via Coal in the Nation; Ohio imports nearly half of the coal needed to sustain itself (almost 25 million tons)
OHIO’S COAL DEPENDENCY Ohio’s Coal Dependency
Source(s): Ohio Coal; U.S. Department of Energy; SourceWatch
OHIO COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
TOTAL 1 = 5 power plants 400+ MW
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PICWAY POWER PLANT ONCE-THROUGH WATER CYCLE Picway Power Plant: water cycle
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Over 72,000 gallons of water are pumped from the Scioto and used to condense water from gas to liquid daily. The water is then outlet, usually at temperatures 15 degrees warmer than at initial intake, before entering the Scioto River again. Thermal shock occurs near outlets jeopardizing plant and animal life. Understanding this cycle led to one of the first interventions - keep water on-site to ensure proper heat dissipation and in turn create freakologies and augment plant and animal life. Standing water during winter months (higher water temperature) allows for waterfowl habitat instead of migrating to other regions.
UNDERSTAND: Where da slurry go?! 1
UNDERSTAND: Migratory Bird Habitat
UNDERSTAND: Waste Water
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INTERVENE: Thicken Cap | Ecological Potential
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INTERVENE: Thicken | Elongate INTERVENE: 365 habitat | purify
PICWAY POWER PLANT LAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
The strategic land management strategy shows four operations or variables throughout the life of the power plant. Historically, the site has experienced deterioration of riparian corridors, adjacent hedgerows, soils, and water ecologies. Interventions in different phases allow for new growth, program, and ecologies to be introduced or emerge. Disturbance regimes allow for control of invasives, establishment of pioneer and planted ecologies so as to help ensure their success. Programmatic interventions are increased with the opening up of wetlands and other lands which the power plant will not use.
SECTION through WETLAND AND CAPPED AREAS
A massive cut/fill strategy is reorganized. Creation of wetland areas are produced by the need for capping impoundments - dried slurry. Larger or broader cuts create thickened caps, capable of facilitating a diversity of plant life and therefore fostering more wildlife and bio-mass potential. These mounds create vantage points and activities new to the Columbus area.
SECTION through WARM WATER POND FREAKOLOGIES
Condenser water is pumped in to the ponds for thermal dissipation. This water - generally 15-20 degrees higher than at intake - funnels through a series of ponds. Warmer water temperatures help produce biota foreign to the region - freakologies. The water remains open throughout the winter providing waterfowl habitat in a 365-day environment.
Birding at Sunrise
Scioto River Flood Stage Exhaust Tower of Plant
Boardwalk & River Connection (kayak pull-off)
Boardwalk & Regional Trail Connector Series of Warm Water Ponds
Warm Water Ponds and Scioto Floodplain
VISION The Picway Power Plant marks a new typology for the Metro Park system. The utilization of existing infrastructural and waste landscapes bring greater use and variety to the regional park matrix-- enhancing green space and allowing these parks to act as producers. Re-inhabiting and reclaiming these lands for Metro Parks: the Gap to (Southern - 2020) Metro Parks: Filling the Gap Expansion and System Linkages - 2030) productive useFilling is crucial theExpansion larger ecological and urban fabric of central Ohio. As(Southern we move beyond the In this phase, creation or donation of future park sites especially in the southern portions of the existing system begin In the 2030 Phase we begin to see the gap closing. Industrial sites along the Scioto River are added, largely to complete Columbus’ emerald necklace, but with a new typology - wastelandscapes that provide productive and mining parcels which have been remediated or reclaimed as bird sanctuaries and critical waterfowl 50-year Vision, strategies for infrastructural opportunism will be aggregate explored. ecological value. Critical linkages are called out and implemented. habitat. An increase in linkages via trailways and coupling with sidewalk and other rights-of-way begin to connect all portions of the necklace.
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ACADEMIC
ENHANCEMENT OF CONCRETIZED STREAMS Mill Creek, Cincinnati, Ohio
Thesis | Boswell | 2012-Present Traditional stream restoration projects occur where space, politics, and infrastructures allow. Traditional techniques cater toward a naturalized condition. Billions of dollars fund projects of this vein with varying degrees of success. ‘A chain is only as strong as its weakest link’ This axiom describes the nature of urban stream restoration efforts. While many projects focus in the headwaters a crucial link is left for dead. This thesis project investigates how concretized streams can become critical infrastructures that not only accomodate flood control concerns, but also ecological, social, and cultural concerns. Both site specific studies and larger catchment area strategies provide a new vision for the Mill Creek.
Ivorydale from Spring Grove Avenue
AN URBAN STREAM CONDITION
NORTH ADAMS, MA
LOS ANGELES, CA
CINCINNATI, OH
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List of Stream Restoration Techniques (include sources)
Goal: Improve ecological function in concretized streams to perform as well as typical restoration projects
Objective: improve water quality AN UNDERSTANDING OF CURRENT RESTORATION TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES
Objective: increased matrix connections (patches/corridors) A matrix of current restoration techniques was developed. By understanding these techniques and their effective use we can begin to Objective: increased habitat structures pull apart and adapt/hybridize these techniques for highly constrained, concrete conditions.
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rip-rap bank stabilization
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stabilizing banks; little/no bank stabilization; no tolerance for lateral movement; tolerance to lateral managed to keep plant material migration low/down; intro of vegetation
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aeration; energy dissipation; aids in grade control with channel slope increase; results in deeper pools at bottom of step
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increased biodiversity & habitat; spatial heterogeneity; increases morphology potential; reconnections with differing hydrological conditions floodplain (lateral); mosaics; hyporeic zone recharge;
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aeration; grade control; varying depth= temperatures differences=increased biodiversity (differing shelter/temp necessities)
Within the Projects Goals + Objectives, How can this be Hybridized/ Best Con Adapted? for Inter by allowing some lateral percoloation/movement perforations would allow for water and plant mater to take take up spaces but also allow concrete to maintain its crucial function
longitudinal changes in the concrete could spur the development of drops/stepped portions of the Creek
allowing sediment build-up; form meandering channel within concrete (but still hard system??); new purchases of adjacent land; strategies for lateral connectivity coupled with new development protocols for inclusion of ecologically focused development restrictions
increasing debris in stream; cooling/warming zones of stream (leaf litter, branch) to increase biodiversity and shelter
addition of woody plant material; top of walls/banks; in banks; terraced banks that temperature regulation; hang over walls; attached leaf litter or CPOM arbor structures; appendages potential; improving to abutments; floating tree benthic layers; erosion packs; structural overhangs control that vary with stream height or depth; wooden pontoons or brush mattresses or sorts
has ability to remediate soils and water; decrease pollutants
similar to above strategies; floating planters and wetlands improved water quality; (see upstream/Sharon Pond increased habitat and area - Hemmerle); hydric erosion control species for remediative aspects; hanging structure?
overhead cover; current
similar to log/brush structures felled trees increase heterogeneity
wall mounted features; hanging planters and litter;
HYBRID CATALOG
INFLUENCES AND INTENTIONS OF HYBRIDS
rip-rap LOWER MILL CREEK VALLEY
concrete-lined channels
industrial process wastes
CONGRESS RUN SUB-WATERSHED
in-planting crib-walls concrete vertical walls
MODIFIED WARMWATER HABITAT
2 SUPERFUND SITES
7 LOWHEAD DAMS
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36 CSO’s WEST FORK SUB-WATERSHED
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INTERVENTION PLAN A long-term plan for the Lower Mill Creek capitalizes on underutilized parcels, enhancement of the existing riparian corridor, and strategies for access, recreation, remediation, and production. Hybrid techniques of the intervention catalog are deployed in the concretized portions of the creek at the three enlargement areas. As part of a water remediation strategy CSO’s are targeted for capture of their outputs and purification through expanded wetlands and ponds in place of vacant lands. These interventions augment the current landscape mosaic to create richer habitat corridors, patches, and nodes.
SITE ANALYSIS + DEPLOYMENT OF STRATEGIES: IVORYDALE
HYBRID TYPES
PROPOSAL with HYBRIDS
Hybrid techniques are deployed and layered to provide the most robust potential possible in the concretized stream. Additionally, the tensile canopy structure and water level gauges allow useres to understand stream dynamics as these elements register, through different ways, the rising and falling water levels. Floating wetland cells and paths populate areas along the stream for both active engagement and remediative potential.
ACADEMIC
THE BORROWED LANDSCAPE Traversing the Presidio Bluff
G2 Studio | Wyllie | Wi2012 The Presidio Bluff is positioned at the edge of the main parade ground of a historic military settlement. It is undergoing a transformation as Doyle Drive, which divides the site from Crissy Marsh and the Bay by some 30 feet of vertical change, is being put into a tunnel. Thus a connection to the Bay must be realized. Atop the Bluff one has expansive views, but is exposed to the elements. The site and surrounding context are vast, filled with monumental landmarks (Golden Gate Bridge and Crissy Field), and provide little scale for the individual. The project proposes highlighting views to the Bay, while allowing visitors to engage in the surrounding landscape, ecologies, and geology through borrowed language, materials, and plant communities while providing intimate spaces relative to the human scale.
Crissy Marsh with Presidio Bluff in Background
BORROWED LANDSCAPE
PROGRAM and NATURAL SYSTEMS INTERFACE
PROCESS and EXPLORATIONS
SITE PROPOSALS A transit center B existing post office C MAIN PARADE D MAIN PARADE EXPANSION E proposed multi-use buildings F existing barracks G mixed-use plaza H ANZA Esplande I VISITORS CENTER (vegetated roof)
J ADA Boardwalk K crissy center lawn L educational plaza M crissy center N lawn panel and viewing terrace O crissy marsh access P crissy marsh Q PRESIDIO PROMENADE
View of SF Bay Atop the Visitors Center
Approach from Mason Street in Tidal Marsh
THE PRESIDIO BLUFF and MAIN PARADE
CONCEPTUAL DRIVERS Accentuating views to the San Francisco Bay and area landmarks is a celebrated experience at the Presidio. Elevated some 30 feet above the Bay, viewers can experience an array of landmarks such as Alcatraz, Crissy Field, and the famed Golden Gate Bridge. The main parade gestures out to the Bay and crosses Mason Street, signifying it’s dominance as a landmark feature. Within this, a visitors center is recessed into the hillside where visitors can roam atop its roof terraces as they view the Bay. From here, an elevated boardwalk allows visitors to walk within the Monterey Cypress canopy. Platforms at certain moments highlight additional views to the Bay. As visitors make their way down the walk they are greeted with an expanded tidal marsh that also collectes stormwater from Doyle Tunnel as well as the dune scrub and brush ecology. Rock outcroppings similar to the colma and serpentinite formations that exist along unimproved coastal areas form the foundation of the bluffs’ architecture. Along these paths visitors find intimate bunker-like areas that reference the militaristic nature of this cultural landscape. Furthermore, the marsh becomes the main feature of the lower bluff where the waters edge is accentuated and boardwalks extend over it to connect to other infrastructures.
ACADEMIC
MODERNISM II Neutra’s Kauffman Desert House Finds a Home in Columbus G1 Workshop | Trott | Sp2011 Exploration of this Modernist residence began with modeling, drafting, and understanding Neutra’s design intent with the Kauffman House. The project then became about siting the home on a site in northern Columbus, Ohio. Through site analysis, on-site observation, and siting iterations, the home was situated in a depression that allowed obscure views from approaching visitors. A lawn was created for the residence which referenced the architecture. This wall, clad with corten steel, is a juxtaposition to the purity of the architecture and its materiality. Additional details included marble edging for limestone driveway and planting plan that used dogwood and white bark birch as formative planting elements.
Kauffman Desert House
STUDY MODELS
EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS
SITE GRADING PLAN
Contrast of Birch + Dogwood
Miscanthus Movement/ Texture
Forsythia Beautiful/Early Color
PLANTING SCHEDULE
PLANTING PLAN
Corten Steel Retaining Wall
Contrast of color and texture in Corten to remaining palette
Approach to residence--revealing only the top floor
Retaining walls of driveway give immersive feel
ACADEMIC
CHARACTER SPACE MANAGEMENT Explorations of Character, Space and Management for an Urban Arboretum G2 Workshop | Kentner | 2012 Ohio State’s Chadwick Arboretum is home to an array of woody plant material. Today it is pressured by new visions for OSU’s west campus. Currently, Chadwick is a place for learning, experiencing a variety of plant ecologies, and enhancing habitat along the Olentangy River. Throughout this earth/water/plants sequence I developed schemes for Chadwick Arboretum through a variety of processes. These processes drew on understanding how to create and define character zones and spatial conditions, and how to manage an ecology to make it perform as desired. Furthermore, site program was incorporated throughout the design development.
Marsh Ecology
Character [Laurie Garden]
Controlled Burn
SITE
SITE + CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS Diagrams illustrate the complex network of infrastructure, land mosaic, circulation, and program throughout the West Campus area. Drawing from proximity to the Olentangy and the adjacencies to the academic core, this area lies at a crossroads of habitat potential and physical encroachment from an expanding campus.
SCHEMATIC SITE DEVELOPMENT: program + circulation + stormwater
Mass Grading + Program
CIRCULATION
Seasonal Paths (mown)
Parking Lot (100)
Exploratory Paths Entry Features
Bus Stop (COTA)
Sloped Lawn Area
Bus Stop (CABS)
Grasslands/Meandering Paths
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Entry Point Expansive Views
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Bus Stop (CABS) Sidewalks Main Path
STORMH O
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Enclosed Valley Stage and Seating
Main Path
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Promenade/Framing Views/ Allee & Continuity of Space Enclosure/Discovery/Among/Within Expansive/Gentle Slope/Water Interaction
CIRCULATION
Porous Asphalt Bio-Swale
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Drainage Course
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Base Flow
D OA FE R
FYF
STORMH2O
Respite/Water Engagement/Enclosure
Vegetated Swale
OL RIVENTAN ER GY
Open Prairie
100-year Storm
Vegetated Roof
LAN
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WO O
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Outlet to River
OLE RIV NTAN ER GY
CHARACTER CHARACTER
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SECTIONAL STUDIES: critical elevations + character + ecologies Deliniated by both topography as well as plant palettes and materiality, spaces are highlighted and celebrated. Additionally, critical elevations are noted to show the relationship of key elements within the Arboretum.
SECTION AA - Nature Center to Performance Pavillion through Basin
Scale: 1/16” = 1’
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TS: 742.0
100-year Storm: 733.5 TW: 736.5 BW: 734.0
Nature Center FFE: 737.0
Active Patio
Architectural BMPs, Educational, Testing
Hardscape Materials (porous pavers)
Base Flow: 731.5
BS: 736.5
CL ELEV: 731.0
Storm Water Basin Wetland Complex + Bald Cypress Grassland Complex @ upland slopes
Ex. Grade
Openly Programmable Slope and Pathways (paths cut in different locations bi-annually)
Grassland Complex + Wild Flower Prairie
(Switchgrass, Aster, Rye Grass, Milkweed, Bluestem)
Performance Pavillion FFE: 737.5 Turf + Crushed Limestone or similar
Woodland Buffer Woodland + Understory Collections
SECTION BB - Main | Entry Walk through Evergreen Collections (concrete/marble edge transition) (Quercus, Hosta, Pinus, Acer) Scale: 1/8” = 1’
HP: 745.0
TW: 740.2 BW: 738.0 100-year Storm: 733.5
Ex. Grade
Pathway and Boardwalk
(concrete, fieldstone, timber)
Wetland + Grassland Complex (Betula nigra)
Ornamental Grass Collection
Oak Savannah + Grassland Complex
(Switchgrass, Aster, Rye Grass, Milkweed, Bluestem)
Conifer and other Woody Ornamental Collections
(Pinus, Picea, Psuedotsuga, Tsuga, Chamaecyparis, Juniperus, Rhododenron)
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EDGE CONDITIONS @ LANE: Arboretum commands more ROW A prominent mass to contrast Schottenstein Center Dense understory negates views into the Arboretum Pockets of program allow exposure to either Arboretum or Lane Volume associated with Lane extends skyward
SCHOTTENSTEIN
SCHOTTENSTEIN
ARBORETUM
WOODLAND
LANE AVENUE
up to 75 FEET
65 FOOT WIDTH
100 FEET TALL
LANE
GRASS SLOPE EX STREET TREES
EDGE CONDITIONS @ LANE: Arboretum commands little ROW space Lane Avenue’s ROW extends through permeable edge Confiers provide backdrop and barrier Slope allows for visual accessibility to Conifers Volumetric space of Lane is spread in to Arboretum
SCHOTTENSTEIN
SCHOTTENSTEIN
100 FEET TALL
ARBORETUM
LANE
CONIFERS
WOODLAND
LANE AVENUE
up to 75 FEET
65 FOOT WIDTH
GRASS SLOPE EX STREET TREES
EDGE CONDITIONS @ LANE: Arboretum commands less space Slope and minimal plantings create permeable edge Lane Avenue’s ROW extends through permeable edge Edge condition allows for increased visual access Volumetric space of Lane is allowed in to Arboretum more extensively
SCHOTTENSTEIN
SCHOTTENSTEIN
100 FEET TALL
ARBORETUM
LANE
STREET TREES
up to 60 FEET
LANE AVENUE 65 FOOT WIDTH
GRASS SLOPE EX STREET TREES
EDGE CONDITIONS and MANAGMENT STRATEGIES Moving in to design development areas of the mass grading and schematic design were investigated. Stormwater profiles were developed to understand programmatic zones as well as critical pool elevations and subsequent planting zones based on pool elevations. Here, the Lane Avenue edge is developed sectionally. Each section shows a different orientation of path as well as planting and mangement strategy. The iterations also illustrate the different spaces created by both plant material and topography.
STORMH2O PROFILE
SEASONALITY
SEASONAL CHARACTER
SPRING
SUMMER
FALL
TRANSECT DETAIL DEVELOPMENT: Education Pavillion and Respite Recessed Parking
Birch Grove
Extensive Vegetated Roof Intensive Vegetated Roof
Quaking Aspen Grove
Main Event Space Native Plant Communities
Bio-swale Entry Crossing Sampling Platform Ornamental Grove
As part of design development I explored a transect of the schematic proposal--the relationship between a respite zone and the Education Pavillion. Here, details and smaller organizational elements were explored; water and seating elements, material selection, and pasive solar strategies/fenestration.
Main Lawn Wetland
Respite Area and Main Path
Secondary Paths Oak and Maple Grove Tertiary Paths
TRANSECT DETAIL MODEL
Bio-swale at entry RESPITE AREA: hanging bench detail
Gardens and event space
Entryway to Education Pavilion
HANGING BENCH DETAIL at RESPITE AREA
Existing sub-grade 8” granular sub-base (No. 2 limestone) 2” Bedding Course (No. 8 Aggregate)
6” Concrete Pad 4” Concrete Pad with 2”x8” decking inlay Concrete abuttment wall; cast in place Decking Joist Concrete Caisson Steel support beam - 2”x6” extruded square tube Proposed Grade (see sheet L-XYZ)
SAMPLING PLATFORM DETAIL Educational pavilion Concrete walk 6” concrete slab 12” compacted granular base Drainage course
2”x10” decking joist, tapered Concrete caisson Steel flange (weld to beam) 6” CMP Compacted subgrade No. 5 rebar; 18” O.C. Steel support beam (4” square tube; space at 2’ O.C. typ.) Proposed grade (see Sheet L-X.XX Grading Plan)
RUNNEL CONNECTION on BRIDGE 2”x10” joist Counter-sink galvenized 6” bolt - 1/2”x12 2”x6” cedar decking Corten steel runnel - 4”x10” 1/2” dia. weep-hole/outlet 1/2” thick plate steel gusset 6”x12” steel beam
ACADEMIC
HOW GREEN IS C-BUS? Sustainable Infrastructure for the Short North Arts District G1 Studio | Kentner | Au2010 The term sustainability is pervasive--commodified in many senses. In this series of projects the lens of permeability and stormwater management were placed on sites and situations in the Short North Arts District in Columbus, Ohio. How can stormwater management ideas be integrated into the urban fabric while activating the vibrant public realm? Can we add green infrastructure to this complex district to improve the quality of life within it? The studio was made up of three projects: 1) data analysis and resulting infographics, 2) development of residual space typologies with a specific lens of permeability (see Setback Typology), and 3) site/ typology development (see Infill Typology). These projects allowed for exploration at varying scales, analysis of district phenomena, and site design development.
Panorama of 5th and High [Short North Arts District]
DATA ANALYSIS and GRAPHIC INTERPRETATION Groups were formed to analyze multiple data. In this case, transportation data allowed our group to understand current modes of transport as well as relative conditions in the Short North. As an avid cyclist bicycle data was very compelling. Infographics help convey the stark contrast in auto vs. bicycle facilities - locally and regionally. These graphics were my own creation and interpretation of data.
IDEA GENERATION The Short North District has varying setbacks along High Street - from 8-20 feet. Addressing these variations presents challenges. Permeability, as a lens, was put to test on each typology at varying ratios (25% to 100%). Explorations initially in sketch lead to several considerations for varying setback conditions.
DETAILED TYPOLOGY: 8-20 foot Setback and 50% Permeability
SETBACK TYPOLOGY: 8-20 feet
60% Permeability
100% Permeability
Expanded and/or Improved Bicycle Lanes Permeable paving and structural BMPs Improved Pedestrian Environment and Access Urban Forest: Street Tree Improvements Vegetated Roof: intensive vs. extensive Bio-swales and Rain Gardens
INFILL TYPOLOGY: Site Proposal for Brownfield Lot
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The intent of this project is to capture not only the history of the parcel as a service station, but also its performative potential while providing a highly desirable open space. The proposal provides overlapping programmatic spaces where visitors can engage the site and its processes. The “Lawn Wedge� allows for multiple activities above and below. Beneath the plinth, visitors and transit patrons can use lockers and bike racks. The rear face of the Lawn couples as a climbing wall. Wetlands provide remediation of water as it works its way through the site collecting from various point and non-point sources. Through these areas, visitors may not be able to engage directly at ground level due to toxic soils, but rather through an elevated boardwalks.
SECTION AA: North through the Lawn and immersion walk in wetlands
rogram
Bus Shelter & Bicycle Storage
Expanded Sidewalk
Lawn Expandable Drawers/Seating
North High Street
Boulder Climbing Wall Vending and Locker Room
Immersion Walk
Remediation Pond
The Lawn Wedge
Transit Stop
Recreation Area
Transit She
lter
Understory/Tree canopy
wn The La Locker Room
Picnic/ Garden area
Emersion walk Wetland
Late Night Movie and Activities at the Lawn
ACADEMIC
NOMADS-LAND Public Space for a Transient Culture G1 Studio | Trott | Wi2011 An increase in nomadic lifestyles (by choice or forced) has spurred interest in understanding the needs, desires, and goals of these people; what do they need to survive, what do they need to call a place “home�? Young and old are constantly changing jobs, living without addresses, being forced from homes, and exploring, and cities should house and facilitate this movement. The project proposes assimilation of the American Dream with communal living. The park acts as a focal point where resources are pooled, basic essentials are provided, and flexibly-programmed spaces can be claimed by any (or many). Users will experience the daunting scale of the white pine and red oak woodlands as they flow through a well-developed thread of lawn--providing common spaces where a multitude of activities may take place.
Bridges Along the Scioto South of Confluence Park
FOR A TRANSIENT CULTURE An Emily Carr University student group developed homeless shelters to “weather the economic storm�. These have become popular in Vancouver, Canada. The shelters can be adapted for use on/as campsites. These, along with traditional campsite plots, dot the landscape, all held to an iconic lawn evoking a sense of ownership for transient populations, and providing a datum upon which the site and its elements are organized.
Study Models - light/shadow/texture
CONCEPTUAL IDEAS Initial ideas were born of shifting shorelines. These zones created areas for docking, water remediation bays that respond to dynamic river levels, and the juxtaposition of river and viewer. Stormwater swales were cut through the site conveying water and act as markers of site processes. These features also demarcate space and divide the site into three main areas: industrial zone, main lawn and community center, and pine forest and grasslands.
Study Models - space, zones, systems
SECTION WEST to EAST through CAMPSITES and AMPHITHEATER
NORTH to SOUTH through DEMONSTRATION PAVILIONS and COMMUNITY BUILDING
Threads of lawn guide and organize shelters as they cut through the white pine, red oak, and white birch forest. Campers, nomads, and others find shelter in the forested campground and shelters. Other areas are framed to harken back to the past uses of the site and speak to the context of large industries and infrastructures.
US 33 (Goodale
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PROGRAMMATIC SCENARIOS
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Community Center Demonstration Theatre Communal Lawn Olentangy Trail Connections Camping Areas and Shelters Upper Bog/SWM Tiered Parking Area
Community Pot-Luck
SITE SYSTEMS
Vegetation
Stormwater Management
Circulation
SITE MODEL
Site Structures
PROFESSIONAL
PWP Landscape Architecture Design Development and Mock-ups Internship | PWP LA | Su2012 During this internship I helped in the development of design options and studies for a public art gallery in Potomac, Maryland. These studies required many mockups. To test materials, spacing, and widths in a proposed water feature a pool had to be built. This pool allowed for testing of a variety of materials under various water depths. Concrete pavers, steel, bricks and other materials were tested and photographed for future needs. Additionally, sectional studies of the approach to the gallery helped develop options for both lighting and planting. Massing studies were also developed at the entry court to the gallery. These studies were done through chalk outlines and photoshop to visualize what these spaces and conditions looked like (all images property of PWP Landscape Architecture).
Seattle, WA with Mt. Rainier in Background
GLENSTONE I + II
Glenstone I: Serra
Glenstone I: Entrance Gate
Glenstone I: Pond and Emergent Ecologies
POND STUDIES
Reflection and visibility of bans--steel material
Concrete and steel materials in 3” water cover
PROCESS
6x6 wood planks to see different widths
As part of the second phase of development at Glenstone a public art gallery is being proposed. This gallery wraps the 1 acre water feature. The feature is designed to house a variety of plant material based on optimal water cover. Bans divide the feature and provide a rythmn responding to the galleries architecture. To further study material, spacing, and water depth options a pool was built, Documents were drafted to provide the project manager with both material and cost estimates. The pond was built and lined with 6 mil pastic. It was filled with water for several days to test different widths, materials, and water cover of “bans” within the proposed pond.
PATH + LIGHTING + VERGE STUDIES
Rendered studies after chalk outlines
SANTA MONICA STREETSCAPE: Construction Details
NEWPORT BEACH CIVIC CENTER: Construction Administration
Details were developed as part of a project design development package for Santa Monica Boulevard. These details utilized Silva Cell technology for structural and expanded root zone goals beneath the sidewalk zone.
I also helped with construction administration tasks on the Newport Beach Civic Center and Park. Tasks included tracking and crosschecking construction submittals relative with specifications.
PROFESSIONAL
Future Green Studio Speculation and Design Development Internship | FGS | Su2013 Throughout this internship I assisted in the development of several different projects ranging in scale from urban systems to rooftops and plazas. Through both speculative design competitions as well as grounded housing development projects I was able to develop further the skills in design development as well as more finite detailing. Furthermore, the range of projects helped to develop skills in working within small teams--coordination, communication, and delgation. Plant ID and selection was also developed throughout conceptual and schematic phases. This has helped to understand better the relationship between plants and their ecological value. This internship has helped me to develop my design process and see how a design-build firm works through projects in condensed timeframes.
#BronxSUP #Daucuscarota
#Parthenocissusquenquefolia
#Ailanthusaltissima
#medicinal
#phytoremediation
#Leucanthamumvulgare
#wildlife
#Chenopodiumalbum
#Phragmitesaustralis
#spontaneousurbanplants
#weed
#Morusalba
#BrooklynSUP#edible
A PATCHWORK ECOLOGY OF HYPER-URBAN ENVIRONMENTS The Borough’s all share characteristics for the propagation of spontaneous urban plants. Each also contains a variety of different plant material--again, based on the conditions most prevalent. Brooklyn and The Bronx both exhibited highly degraded conditions considering their manufacturing use today. Vacancies also play a role in the proliferation of these species. Many sites are left abandoned. Here is were these plants thrive and create beautiful mosaics within this hyper-urban condition providing habitat and other ecosystem services few see valuable.
WEED VALUE MATRIX
EXISTING HABITATS
SELECTED SITE OPTIMIZATIONS
water collection
valuable weeds
wire armature
seams
network
BRONXCHESTER Joining the team of architect FX|Fowle, real estate developer Hudson Inc., and a host of others Future Green Studio was brought in to provide landscape plans and add to the experiential quality of this mixed-use public housing development. Courtyards, rooftops, streetscapes, and agricultural areas were developed in concert with FX|Fowle and other stakeholders. At left are iterations for the main courtyard of La Central. Several iterations were vetted to arrive at two options for the team: the CURVE and the LINE. Each scenario is flanked by a plaza of unique qualities--LED lighting and subtle water features. These were differentiated from one another by their use of materials, plant palette, and lighting features. Entry plazas to the buildings were highlighted with shade structures while a climbable play area sat adjacent. Striations of different planting types were carried throughout the campus to help create a language unto Bronxchester. Similarly, paving materials and moves were carried throughout as welll, creating a coherent identity for La Central.
SITE PLAN + PROPOSALS
streetscape section: brook avenue mid-block
streetscape section: brook avenue at tower
courtyard section: looking west
courtyard and plaza
view of the tower--south
birds-eye of overall development
COLLABORATIONS + EXPLORATIONS
H2O+PLANE+ FLEXIBILITY Simple Moves for a New Plaza
Charrette | PWP LA | Su2012 PWP Landscape Architecture wants a new outdoor space for use by its staff. The proposal uses simple moves to form a variety of spaces that, at times, can function as one. The flatness of the plaza is key for not only continuity of space, but also the blurring of public/private space. This invitation is accentuated by allowing site materials to bleed into the public sidewalk. An allee of hawthorns provides a lower canopy along the existing sidewalk and signifies the blurred public/private zone. Furthermore, stormwater runnels, coupled with ornamental grasses, capture surface and roof run-off and act as the main organizational element, dividing the plaza into three zones. Flexibility is promoted via movable benches/tables on a track system allowing users to position them for a variety of uses.
PWP Parking Lot [Site]
CHARACTER: residential
CHARACTER: mixed-use
CHARACTER: manufacturing
Kiley - South Garden
London City Hall
INVENTORY + PRECEDENTS
surfaceDESIGN - movable structures
Contextual analysis provided three themes or zones within the neighborhood: manufacturing, mixeduse, and residential. These character zones provided a variety of threshold strategies, materials, and spatial conditions each significantly different than the other. Of note was the idea of public/private zones. In many areas there were explicit boundaries for public space vs. private space. However, some uses provided a blurred edge or boundary between the public/private--a theme drawn out in the project. Precedents were used to elaborate on ideas such as enclosure/canopy (Kiley), flatness (Andre), textural changes and subtle water features (London City Hall), planar elements/changes which claim space (Andre), and flexibility through movable structures (surfaceDESIGN).
Andre - plane + space
PROCESS I wanted to retain the flatness of the ground plane, but provide cover and spatial differences that employees could enjoy. I also wanted to retain some flexibility in the design which is explored through movable seating elements (track system). Boundary and threshold are explored through material changes and canopy cover to signify a major change in function.
AMMATIC RIOS
STORMH2O MANAGEMENT STRATEGY The stormwater strategy acts as the organizing element for the plaza. It is used to capture and convey water through an initial water garden feature that is coupled with the main entry route (boardwalk). From here a series of planted runnels cut the site into thirds setting-up different activity zones.
Metal Downspout integrated into parapet
Stormwater Management
Energy Dissipation Measure (material change + large pad)
PWP PWP
Wood Plank Crossing
4” Overflow Weir w/seep whole
PLANT M
plant material has ability to filter runoff and flow to runnel during larger storm events
ATERIAL
plant material can be replaced as needed to test various species’ durability and other conditions
FRIDAY @ 5!!
LUNCH
PROGRAMMATIC SCENARIOS
SIDEWALK
FRIDAY @ 5!!
curb is cut and replaced with 4” weir; in large events runnel and planting beds fill and retain water (sub-grade can be designed to hold X-year storm event)
To Municipal System
PROGRAMMATIC SCENARIOS
Mock-up/Testing/Experimenting LUNCH
STING | EXPERIMENTS MOCK-UP | TESTING | EXPERIMENTS
Gallery Show/Pete’s 80th Birthday
GALLERY SHOW | EXHIBIT | ANNUAL GALLERY MEETING SHOW | EXHIBIT | ANNUAL MEETING
Friday @ 5
FRIDAY @ 5!!
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SITE PLAN A B C D E F G
Main Entry Path from Parking (boardwalk) Water Garden Movable Benches (track system) Water Runnels Secondary Entry Path Flex Space (parking, installation, mock-up) (2) Parking Spaces
MATERIALITY
SECTION AA through FLEX SPACE, STREET TREE CANOPY, WATER RUNNELS
SECTION BB through PLAZA and 5th STREET
Runnels and plant material with benches
View from the corner of 5th and Allston
Approach from employee parking
Birds-eye into plaza
Main gathering area and programmable space
CONTRIBUTIONS + EXPLORATIONS
OHIO FIELD CHARRETTE Scarlet Line + Champions Grove G2 Charrette | OLIN | Sp2012 The charrette was a two day effort by three design teams to develop ideas to memorialize the former Ohio Field and enhance the landscape fronting High Street. Building on The Ohio State University Framework Plan the teams were to design a unique landscape that would both recall the initial on-campus location of Ohio Field and establish an inviting landscape presence for the University on High Street. Teams led by the OLIN Partnership, Reed|Hilderbrand, and MKSK developed a breadth of design proposals for the University Planning and Landscape Architecture offices. This project is dedicated to Charles William “Chic� Harley, a tenacious football player who brought prominence to The Ohio State Football program and thus the reason for this charrette project.
Learning from Laurie Olin
A lesson from Laurie Olin Led by Laurie Olin, the group took part in a brainstorming session to understand the meaning of the site and greater context. Word association exercises focusing on memory, athletics, social and academic life, and competition had the group thinking quickly about their personal experiences among others. The exercise revealed similar attitudes, visions, and ideas. Laurie furthered the discussion focusing on landscape memory. There are certain periods in time that are nostalgic, events that evoke a certain spirit in people, which give a place its power.
Thematic word association
INITIAL CONCEPTS for OHIO FIELD
ALLEE AT HIGH
A tree lined High Street and accompanying grove would organize and frame both the interior space near the chiller plant and address scale issues along High Street.
SOFT MEANDER
A meandering pathway which is to hold a diversity of experiences along it. An outdoor cafe was to be included at the chiller plant for lunch crowds from nearby university buildings.
MOVE THE CHILLER PLANT
Challenge the idea of the “green reserve� and move the chiller plant in to the setback. With this, programmatic areas could be incorporated into the ground floor of the plant as they flow out to High Street.
Seasonal expressions
SECTION
Strong scarlet seasonality is important to establishing the University’s presence (ill. by Brett Kordenbrock)
Seating reminiscent of the original bleachers at the Ohio Field are made from cutting into the slope. This seating also acts as a threshold for those waiting at the bus stops along North High Street. Near the Chiller Plant, a retention pool is sited. This pool creates a gathering space that allows visitors to enjoy a variety of passive activities. Additionally, the retention pool creates an opportunity for text and imagery that commemorates the life of Ohio State football player Chic Harley.
Water feature + plaza (ill. by Jacob Boswell)
Car Drop-off Bosque
Scarlet Allee
Water Feature Bus Stop Chiller Plant
Ghost of Ohio Field South Bosque
MASTER PLAN
Master Plan (ill. by Kirk Hiatt)
The allee of scarlet creates a prominent corridor fronting High Street. This structure allows for a sense of space necessary for a memorial. Additionally, the markings denoting the yard lines of the once present Ohio Field become visible in the open turn space and retention pool.
CONTRIBUTIONS + EXPLORATIONS
ROAD WARRIORS Restoration, Destruction and Brutality of A Street Machine Personal Craft | 2003-2010
The following projects represent the culmination of several years of skill and knowledge development in automotive engineering, metal fabrication, restoration, custom design, and project management. These projects came out of a love for both the power and style an automobile can posses, but also seeing them as engineering marvels. Here, two Japanese cars are heavily modified to produce immense power levels that were unleashed on local roads, auto courses, and the occasional sanctioned drag racing competition.
Turbo Manifold in Production
Honda-Tech Magazine Photoshoot
ROAD WARRIOR: a classically reinvigorated Civic Hatch This tasteful and classic rebuild of a 1993 Honda Civic Hatchback began with a trip to the east coast. The hacked up body and piecemeal motor, electronics, and other systems needed much love. The project began by ripping the exterior down. After hours and hours of bodywork a fresh coat of paint and clearcoat followed. The interior was upgraded with a 6-point roll-bar that retained rear seat access. After installation the overall rigidity of the car increased immensely. New carpet, guages, 4-point racing harnesses, and other accents rounded out the interior modifications. The biggest overhaul took place in the enginebay. Turbo pieces (manifolds, exhaust system, engine breathers, and other accessory piping) were fabricated by my brother and I to improve overall output of the motor. To handle this added power the motor was rebuilt with new cast iron sleeves, low-compression pistons, and rods. While the motor was disassembled new seals, gaskets, and other ciritcal components were replaced or refurbished. Finally, to take advantage of these additions a fully controllable engine management unit was installed for optimal control of every engine related perameter. The car yielded over 400whp. Frequent trips to local and regional dragstrips allowed me to feel this power through multiple quarter-mile runs. I placed second in a drag-sport competition June 2005. The car was also featured in Honda Tuning Magazine in April of 2006. Link to Honda Tuning Magazine Feature
OLD
Power: 456whp on 116 octane/426whp on 93 octane Best 1/4 mile: 11.8 seconds @ 126mph
Original Exterior
Original Enginebay
Front-right Corner
PROCESS Ready for the Dragstrip (radials)
Engine Re-build
Paint and Body in Process
Refined Engine and Turbo Components
NEW-ish
6-point Rollbar Install
1JZ_240: The Best of Both Worlds This project began with a trip to Harrisburg, PA where this 1991 Nissan 240sx Coupe was picked up on trade for my previous car (Honda Civic). The plan was to create a hybrid of sorts using the powerplant of a Japanese Toyota Supra 1jz twin turbo motor. Engine mounts, driveline, and a whole host of other modifications were necessary to fit the Toyota motor in the Nissan chassis. This stout motor (tests have shown they can handle up to 700whp without modification) was fitted with a massive turbo and high-flow exhaust system. All the metal fabrication, sheet metal work and cosmetic changes were completed by me. The wiring for the motor (again, Toyota motor into Nissan chassis) was a major undertaking. Many hours of converstaion, trial, and reading wiring diagrams allowed me to read critical diagnostics and engine parameters--the motor finally turned over and came to life. The exterior was in good shape and needed only engine bay work. The sleek lines of this early 90’s automobile were sought since 2006 when I first became familiar with the car. The final product was a stylish and minimalist look with raw power under the hood: a drag strip dream and car show eye-popper. Power: 346whp/322tq on 93 octane Best 1/4 mile: 13.4 at 111mph
6-Point Rollbar Installation
Turbo Manifold Production
Turbo Manifold Test Fit
Engine Bay
Rear-End Components
Hub/Lug/Brake Upgrade (300zx)
Profile
Breather System
CONTRIBUTIONS + EXPLORATIONS
PRUITT-IGOE The District The Community The Individual Competition | Sp2012 This collaboration with Rob Hilbert, a local designer, was an investigation of the shrinking city pheonomenon throughout the Midwest. Working with Rob presented several challenges; differing perspectives, levels of knowledge and skill sets. The project became more about understanding one another and then building upon one anothers strengths. Pruitt-Igoe is fantastic realization of idealistic modern planning. This “modern mess�, situated in St. Louis, Missiouri, has been demolished and an urban forest has consumed the site. The neighborhood is in shambles and needs new ideas to help reinvigorate the district, community, and individual.
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ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION: an understanding of Pruitt-Igoe ...\04_PRUITT-IGOE\section.dgn 3/12/2012 8:19:24 PM
[Ecological succession] is the observed process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time; optimal living conditions had been achieved at Pruitt-Igoe within a close-knit community and supportive urban structure, then drastically altered with modern planning logic; resulting demolition [distrubrance] has allowed adjacent ecosystems to invade while others have been lost or subdude by said change.
TIME
ALTERED ENVIRONMENT
SYSTEM CLIMAX
1956 - 1972
2012 - 2050
1972 - present
INTERVENTION
1850 - 1956
ADJACENT INVASION
1972 - 1977
1954 - 1956
OPTIMAL ENVIRONMENT
DISTURBANCE
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NEIGHBORHOOD AS SUCCESSOR
Unlike ecological succession, the destruction of Pruitt-Igoe has spurred little growth. What was left in the wake was divestment. Value has been created in the emergent woodland. Green infrastructures like this emergent woodland are new generators, attracting new economies, people, and building upon existing ones. As with all ecosystems, Pruitt-Igoe will first rely on its established drivers to spur change and growth. This growth adheres to cultural logics, and existing institutions and should focus on community empowerment.
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MECHANICS ROW WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY URBAN DESIGN CENTER
LIGHT MFG (JOBS)
MIDTOWN To FOREST PARK
To FOREST PARK
To FOREST PARK
DOWNTOWN WEST To DOWNTOWN STL
To DOWNTOWN
To DOWNTOWN
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NAVIGATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
AGRO-PARK EDUCATION
BUILD ON ASSETS The neighborhood is rejuvenated by building on its existing assets--the Urban Forest. Like ecological systems, the neighborhood has been disturbed and thus, responded with a period of successional growth. By infusing agricultural uses and community supported agricultural associations, Pruitt-Igoe and the surrounding neighborhood begin to make use of this new infrastructure. Invading uses from the surrounding area begin to recolonize.
CONTRIBUTIONS + EXPLORATIONS
PITS + PILES Profiling Columbus’ Aggregate Industry Seminar | Kentner | Ongoing The human landscape is made of aggregate. 3 billion tons of sand, gravel and crushed stone are used every year to build roads, erect buildings and support agriculture. But for every building, overpass, fertile field and parking lot, there is an equivalent void at the site of aggregate production. Clustered on the outskirts of cities, these quarries, pits, and depressions are negatives of the cities and monuments that they spawn, left to entropy, slow depletion, or as active sites of reoccupation. Working with the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) we profiled the aggregate industry of Columbus, Ohio. Field trips led us find active and repurposed quarries. A brochure is being produced that combines data, stories, and maps related to a highly sought after limestone strand in Central Ohio.
Shelly Materials Columbus Limestone Operations [Photo by Michael Reder]
brett kordenbrock 513.205.2706 brett.kordenbrock@gmail.com