Student Design Portfolio by Brooks Patrick

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Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Comprehensive Student Portfolio

Brooks Wyn n Patrick Clemson University Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, GPA 3.6

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have valued my experiences traveling above all other forms of education. I have been fortunate with many opportunities for educational based travel ever since I organized the first trips to Quebec and Paris for my high school French class. Through Clemson University I have been able to pursue farther and see more with study abroad studios and programs.

GreenTec Corridor - Greenville, South Carolina, USA

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Sustainable development on a current municipal airport, located within Greenville 's downtown. The goal is to provide connections to the national high speed rail network that will be implemented in the coming years and provide light rail transportation for the city itself.

Celio Neighborhood Park - Rome, Italy Situated in the heart of Rome and nestled into the Celio Hill (one of the seven Hills of Rome 's original founding) , the Celio neighborhood is distinct in both its local character and grid form. The park itself remains localized while positioned within an international city.

Intelligent Infill - Aiken, South Carolina, USA Aiken was founded in 1835 as a railroad town in time transforming into a prestigious equestrian community. Today the town has retained its grid layout and is developing an extensive plan for a revitalized downtown. Demographically Aiken supports a majority of retirees and the increase in downtown residential space is desired for an increase in working class and student populations.

Waterfront Design - Rosetta (Rashid), Egypt The construction of the High Dam in Aswan during the 1970's, has prompted the disruption of the Nile's ecological processes and a drastic decline of Rosetta 's fisheries and boat industry. An urban design intervention is proposed in the form of a linear corridor between the urban fabric and the Nile River and to the north with the development of a multifunctional system of wetlands.

Wildlife Corridor - Patrick and Floyd county, Virginia, USA

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A wildlife corridor plan connecting core conservation areas to critical wildlife habitat patches in southwest Virginia , resulting in a defragmented landscape and enhancing the overall value of the natural and built environments.

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Travels Abroad

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Where I have lived Visited pre-2004 2005 Educational French Trip - Lowcountry Preparatory School 2006 Hired to drive a car to San Francisco 2008 Urban Form - Maymester Lecture Course 2009 Urban Design Cooperative Studio - Ain Shams University, Cairo 2009 Educational Trip - University of Califonia Los Angeles + San Diego State 2010 Study Abroad Rome - Pantheon Institute Longer than 2 weeks

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Few other experiences in my life have proven to net such a positive and long term impact. With study abroad came many life-changing and enduring academic, career, intercultural, personal, and social benefits; igniting my interest in an urbanist career direction. In particular, I learned a lot more about myself in that one semester in Rome than I did in the four years in my home University because of the unique space in which I learned, experienced, and spent exploring other cultures. My time traveling has fundamentally changed how I view the world and has given me the ability to view the world, and its issues, from several perspectives.

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Greenlee Corridor Greenville, South Carolina Academic Capstone Project 2 Person Collaboration - Individual Work Presented 5th Year - First Semester

8/ 20/ 2010 -12/ 10/ 2010 Galen Newman - gnewman@clemson.edu

Greenville's Transformational Economic Future Low Petroleum Dependence = Sustainable Independence This is a concept model to open up the 385 acres of public property currently used as a government operated private airport in Greenville, SC, to all citizens as a world-class Green Technology Center. GreenTec Corridor will create thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of new investment while transforming Greenville into "The Green Technology Capital of the World". The subject property is located at the heart of the commercial district and yields less than $250,000 a year in tax revenue from less than 45 aircraft and is non-jet certified. Two safer, better equipped, jet certified alternatives are within 10 minutes driving distance in either direction. These airports currently operate at less than 30% capacity and could easily absorb these redundant operations with more than 50% capacity to spare. From a economic development perspective, transferring aviations operations to the safer airports would eliminate the 40 foot building height moratorium which is in part preventing investment along 1-385, Pleasant burg Drive, Haywood Road , Woods Lake Road and Laurens Road. Over 400 commercial properties have been identified that would immediately benefit from elimination of this height restriction, thereby initiating Greenville's next phase of quality economic growth. The GreenTec Corridor will become the southeast's first and only sustainable development in direct route of the future National High Speed Rail Network set for completion in 2050. The economic development value proposition is clear and compelling: The GreenTec Corridor Plan opens up about 3 square miles of underdeveloped space for commercial, residential, and academic development as well as light rail transportation in the heart of Greenville for the next 20 years while connecting ICAR with the downtown area.

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Celio Neighborhood Park Rome, Italy Academic Project Individual Work 4th Year - Second Semester

1/ 7/ 2010 - 7/ 20/ 2010 David Sabatello - dsabatello@abtroma.it Romolo Martemucci - rgm6@psu.edu

A Gateway to Roma Verde Zero Consumption / Zero Discharge / Positive Production

The existing site holds a park that is very important to the surrounding Celio community. The area is divided into the park and the Piazza Celimontana which possesses much of the parking associated with the military hospital to the East of the site. The current condition of the park is fair, only lacking community involvement in its evolution. Utilizing this park for programmed community participation and expanding it into the parking area to the east will greatly improve the social aspects to those fortunate enough to live in the Celio neighborhood. Our design concept begins with us representing the assimilation of nature into the urban fabric of Rome and the integration of green building techniques with landscape energy conservation. The layout of this geometric adventure area comes directly from one of the Celio neighborhood blocks. This block of buildings was transcribed into our site, representing the new "Green Rome." Sustainable opportunities for rooftop design will be demonstrated and within these blocks. From the adventure blocks come smaller blocks that have been removed from the larger, to form water features and seating within the more open area of the park. As you move farther through the park, community gardening areas will be set up with the opportunity to rent space. The area given to the gardens would provide the population associated with the block, fresh fruits and vegetables every weekend. Community gardens provide access to fresh produce and plants as well as access to satisfying labor, neighborhood improvement, sense of community and connection to the environment. The gardens also combat two forms of alienation that plague modern urban life, by bringing urban gardeners closer in touch with the source of their food, and by breaking down isolation by creating a socially active community.

Rain Water Harvesting - Multiple Rain Water Storage Tanks Placed Underground

Roma Verde Constructing the Gateway This community center acts as a lecture hall and tourist information center providing bus parking for up to five large tour buses. The form of the building acts as a gateway for those driving or walking under the cantilevered second floor. This gateway to a new sustainable Rome is not only symbolic to the entire city's sustainable goals but literally reveals the park's educational purpose. Our building is conceptually pulled directly out of the urban plaza surrounding it. This extraction is carried further up the building in the form of vertical garden's inspired by Patrick Blanc's designs. With a combination of green roofs, vertical gardens and photovoltaic modules the building effectively reiterates the concept of melding together technology and nature. The whole site will be self sustaining. Energy will be generated by the photovoltaic modules covering the building and block structure and kept by batteries located within the building. Rain water and water brought to the site by the two natural spring fountains will be reused and conserved in a cistern located under the blocks which will in turn feed the garden plots. The excess water not consumed by the gardens or humans will be returned to the ground aquifers through the use of a bio-swale that spans the length of our site.

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Intelligent Infill Aiken, South Carolina, USA Academic Project Individual Work 4th Year - First Semester

8/ 20/ 2009 - 12/ 10/ 2009 Professor Victoria Chanse - vchanse@clemson.edu

Assesing Densities Growth in Numbers

Aiken's recent urban growth has come in the form of suburban communities. This growth trend has depleted the inner city population and has allowed for unregulated dispersals of suburban communities. With a traditional core and grid network in place, Aiken's downtown has the opportunity to rethink its own neighborhoods. The design of these urban neighborhoods allows for the ability to visualize a much denser downtown. These new housing opportunities will be affordable, ecologically sensitive and will appeal to a range of demographics. Aiken's future relies on a diverse population of different ages, cultures, and stages of life. The idea of fostering new residential districts in the downtown grid will allow Aiken to become a more vibrant city. There are three areas East, West, and South of the main business district that will become new urban neighborhoods. The area to the south has already become populated with high rise residential apartments and connecting this region to the downtown is essential. Both East and West of downtown will see a rise in density. These new dwelling units will effectively triple the existing density and provide diverse housing options to the growing population. 1::

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Recla iming The Waterfront Rashid (Rosetta), Egypt Academic/ Professional Project Group Collaboration - Individual Work Presented 3rd Year - Second Semester

1/ 7/ 2009 - 7/ 20/ 2009 Professor Robert Hewitt - hewitt@clemson.edu Professor Hala Nassar - hnassar@clemson.edu

The Ancient City Way of Life in Danger

Rosetta is one of the oldest cities in Egypt founded in AD 800. The city is known by the Rosetta stone discovery in 1799. Located about 65 Km east of the much larger city of Alexandria, Rosetta is at the junction of the Nile and the Mediterranean Sea. In the 16th century Rosetta was a booming port city and in the 19th century it became famous as a tourists destination. Today the city of Rosetta is renowned for its large number of historic Islamic houses, mansions and mosques, archaeological sites, thousands of acres of date palm groves and related craft industries, its boat building, brick and fishing industries, and its natural scenic beauty. With the construction of the High Dam in Aswan during the 1970's, the disruption of the Nile's ecological processes has prompted significant loss of delta and river shoreline, infiltration of saltwater into the delta, and a drastic decline of Rosetta's fisheries and boat industry. The disruption of the river's sedimentation processes has also severely restricted the local brick industry's access to its source of basic material resulting in the industry's decline. While the traditional fishing community turned to aquaculture to replace the loss of natural fisheries, their practices have caused further degradation of the river, the delta ecosystem, and the Nile edge. The poorly regulated aquaculture farms also produce contaminated fish that poses significant public health risks for the city's people.

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Water Only the Nile River. The Aswan Dam on Nile has caused erosion of the delta. Potential sea rise will destroy most of Rosetta. Dependency of city's livelihood on water is tremendous.

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Ecological Solutions Constructed Wetlands The corridor provides ecological solutions related to climate change, agricultural enhancement, environmental restoration, economic diversification, appropriate technology, green infrastructure, education, identity. Aqua farms currently within the Nile move to aqua farm sites nested within the wetlands, and native fisheries are restored within the Nile.

Social + Economic Solutions Urban Stimulus Renovated civic plazas, market streets, recreational and transportation plazas and social service buildings with access to the city's natural beauty enhance civic life, attract economic development and serve as icons for Rosetta's civic identity. The Marina includes market areas designated for fishermen and their commodities in addition to docking and maintenance services.

Cultural + Historical Solutions Protecting The Past Combination hydraulic/road Infrastructure along the Nile edge protects one of the most important historic mosques in the region and the buried Hellenistic/ Roman city of Polpiteen that are vulnerable to erosion and increased water levels from climate change. The open museum increases tourism, related sectors, and economic diversification.

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Wildlife Corridor Design Patrick and Floyd Counties, Virginia, USA Academic Project Individual Work 3rd Year - First Semester

8/ 20/ 2008 - 12/ 10/ 2008 Professor Cari Goetcheus - cgoetch@clemson.edu

Regional Ecological Planning Protect and Grow

A wildlife corridor plan that connects core conservation areas to critical wildlife habitat patches in the region, resulting in a defragmented landscape and enhancing the overall value of the natural and built environments. The wildlife corridor plan improves environmental conditions, provides grounds for longterm economic growth, and it increases community consensus. From an environmental standpoint, the plan enriches biodiversity, protects wildlife habitat, natural resources, and environmental services. It also protects key species from extinction by supporting migration and reproduction. Long-term economic benefits arise from the steady growth of sustainable tourism, recreation, real estate and business investments, and by the protection of working lands. The ecological corridor is also planned, built, and managed by the community to preserve and protect the culture and lifestyle of this unique region. The community understands the value of the natural landscape and knows that preserving and protecting it is both ecological and profitable. Persistent management and long-term growth becomes possible, due to the strong relationships that are maintained throughout the planning process. The region of Floyd and Patrick County, Virginia, capitalize on a unique opportunity to implement an economic development plan based on a profitable conservation strategy. This project led me to a complete understanding of regional design and its process through GIS.

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