CAITLIN MORRISSEY GLAGOLA L a n d s c a p e A r c h i t e c t ur e P or tf o l i o M L A , Tem p l e U n i v e r s i t y, S c h o o l o f E n v ir o n m e n t a l D e s i g n BA , Wa shing t on & Je f f er son Colleg e
ABOUT ME
aspiring landscape architect + ecological restorationist
The natural world is my one of my greatest inspirations and passions in life. I love to travel the world to discover the beautiful diversity of landscapes we have on this planet. From the plants, to the birds, to the people, I love to learn about what is tied to each unique landscape. My undergraduate degree in biology has given me a greater understanding of and appreciation for living systems and the organisms that comprise them, the ability to observe the natural world with a keen eye, and the inquisitive nature that leads me to question what I observe. With a drive to restore beauty and function to degraded landscapes, I chose to pursue landscape architecture as a profession. At Temple, I built upon my scientific foundation and learned to use nature as a model and inspiration for each and every project. I look forward to hearing from you to further discuss my passions, experience, and professional goals!
Caitlin Morrissey Glagola 412.956.0232 caitlin.glagola@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/caitlinglagola issuu.com/caitlin_morrissey
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TABLE of CONTENTS
CURRICULUM VITAE
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TESTIMONIALS
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SHENKS FERRY WILDFLOWER PRESERVE: knitting together a fragmented landscape
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Capstone Restoration Design Project | 2015-16
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TEMPLE GREEN Public Lands Studio | 2015
DE-PAVING THE WAY: a greener approach to campus parking lot design
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EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge | 2015
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PARK(ing) Day Public Lands Studio | 2015
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BUILDING UPON FIBERS Wet Lands: Water in the Urban Landscape Studio | 2015
BOWMAN’S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE
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Woodland Studio | 2014
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
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Design Communications Studio II | 2014
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CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION + AWARDS Master of Landscape Architecture, focus in ecological restoration Temple University, School of Environmental Design | 2013 - 2016 Cumulative GPA | 3.9 ASLA Student Honor Award | 2016 Landscape Architecture and Horticulture Department Faculty Award | 2016 LAF Olmsted Scholar nominee for Temple University | 2016 President of the Society for Ecological Restoration student group at Temple University | 2015-16 Peter G. Schlotterer and Elizabeth M. Zipf Scholarship | 2015 PA-DE ASLA Merit Award in Student Analysis and Planning | Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve | 2015 Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society, Alpha Rho Chapter | 2015 Sample Courses: design studios, woodland + wetland ecology, landscape restoration, intermediate computer graphics, AutoCAD, native plant ID, native plant communities, research design methods, restoration monitoring, invasive species management
Bachelor of Arts in Biology Washington + Jefferson College | 2009 - 2013 Cumulative GPA | 3.9 Graduated summa cum laude | 2013 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society | 2013 Edwin Scott Linton Scholar, Biology Department | 2013 Phi Sigma Biological Honor Society, Nu Chapter | 2012 Alpha Scholar | 2010-2012 Alpha Lambda Delta Scholar | 2010 Sample Courses: long-term forest monitoring, botany, GIS, field biology, ecology of the American Southwest, dendrochronology, microbiology, organic chemistry, world environmental history, professional writing, introduction to drawing, 2-D and 3-D design
SKILLS
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Saguaro National Park Petrified Forest National Park Grand Canyon National Park Rocky Mountain National Park El Yunque National Forest Tucson, AZ + Sedona, AZ Jackson Hole, WY Italy | Torino, Florence, Rome, Genoa, Sienna Puerto Rico | Vieques, San Juan, Arecibo
Adobe software [InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator], AutoCAD, GPS + ArcGIS mapping, and SketchUp
NATURAL + SCIENTIFIC experienced in plant and wildlife ID, research process and techniques, and nature photography
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WORK EXPERIENCE Landscape Designer + Planner | Theurkauf Design + Planning, Chester Springs, PA | Jun. 2016 - present Collaborate on park, trail, and municipal plans with Ed Theurkauf, RLA, ASLA, APA on a part-time basis
Laboratory Technician | JRF America, Audubon, PA | Jan. 2014 - present Assisted scientists in agrochemical research on a part-time basis while attaining master's degree and have continued working here post-graduation
Research Assistant | Temple University Ambler Campus, Ambler, PA | Mar. - Apr. 2016 Assisted Dr. Mary Myers in her landscape performance research by conducting data analysis and formulating conclusions in preparation for her CELA conference presentation
Conservation Resources Intern | Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association, Ambler, PA | May - Aug. 2015 Monitored deer exclosures, helped develop habitat management plans for their preserves, wrote grants, collected seeds for propagation, and assisted in the management of invasive species and other restoration efforts
Arboretum Intern | Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA | Jun. - Aug. 2014 Assisted in the planting and upkeep of gardens and learned design and maintenance techniques of ornamental horticulture
Restoration Intern | Lehigh Gap Nature Center, Palmerton, PA | May - Aug. 2013 Planted tree seedlings, applied herbicides for invasive species control, and monitored plantings at the Palmerton Zinc Pile Superfund Site
Laboratory + Teaching Assistant | Washington + Jefferson College, Washington, PA | Sept. 2010 - May 2013 Led question and answer sessions, held office hours, served as a lab report and research paper writing mentor, prepared laboratory materials, graded quizzes, and assisted professors and students during lab and research project activities
RESEARCH PROJECTS Temple University Sustainability education in children’s gardens: Analysis of design elements of 6 botanical children’s gardens in the US | 2015
Washington + Jefferson College Shade-tolerant species may become more important in ash-dominant forests after emerald ash borer infestation | 2012 Effects of Poecile carolinensis alarm calls on avian mobbing behavior | 2011 Assessing the dendrochronological usage of Pinus strobus in southwestern Pennsylvania | 2010
University of Kentucky Effect of environmental salinity on GI transport in Procambarus clarkii and Orconectes rusticus | 2012
Biosphere 2, University of Arizona Climate and landscape position controls on short-term soil organic carbon cycling in the Santa Catalina Mountains | 2011
REFERENCES Kate Benisek | MALD, MLA, ASLA
Pauline Hurley-Kurtz | MLA, RLA, ASLA
Jason Kilgore | PhD
Assistant Prof. of Landscape Architecture Temple University 617.312.8524 kate.benisek@temple.edu
Associate Prof. of Landscape Architecture Temple University 267.468.8173 phurleyk@temple.edu
Associate Prof. of Biology Washington + Jefferson College 724.503.1001 ext. 6117 jkilgore@washjeff.edu
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"A "Although Although aamong mong the younger students in her cohort, she is a leader among her peers... pe eers.... C Caitlin aitlin has a large and generous world view and she looks forward to a challenging professional career in landscape architecture, land cha allengin ng aand nd rewarding professiona rrestoration esttoraatioon aand nd conservation." -- PPauline aulline Hurley-Kurtz, Associate Professor, Temple University
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SHENKS FERRY WILDFLOWER PRESERVE: knitting together a fragmented landscape CAPSTONE RESTORATION DESIGN PROJECT | 2015-16 Conestoga, PA While on a summer hike, the trail I was on intersected with an electrical transmission right-of-way. The wires were buzzing, the land was a haven for invasive species, and the woodland edge was shear and exposed. The powerlines and the corridor it created not only fragmented the landscape, but it also fragmented my experience on the trail. Many of our public parks and natural lands are fragmented by utility right-of-ways, whether they are for powerlines or gas pipelines. Nestled along the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County, Shenks Ferry Wildflower Preserve is an established public, natural land dedicated to wildflower preservation. The preserve offers a great opportunity to explore the topic of right-of-way management and design as there are two powerlines that fragment the site at multiple points of interest. The main charge of my capstone project is to re-imagine the right-of-way landscape in a way that these corridors can connect landscapes rather than fragment them.
Materials / Software: ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, SketchUp, Prismacolor colored pencils, Nikon D3200 Right-of-way that intersects with the wildflower preserve
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SHENKS FERRY WILDFLOWER PRESERVE This design and restoration project aims to knit together the fragmented landscape of Shenks Ferry Wildflower Preserve. RESTORE
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SHENKS FERRY WILDFLOWER PRESERVE INTEGRATIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT Long-term studies on rightof-way management provide us with insight on how we can better manage these corridors both ecologically and economically. What has emerged from this body of research is a management strategy that differentially addresses distinct sections of the right-of-way corridor. This management strategy is referred to as Integrative Vegetation Management via the wire-border method.
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ENOLA LOW GRADE TRAIL REVITALIZATION A new entrance to the preserve is created at the intersection of the Enola Low Grade multi-use trail and the right-of-way. The entrance is equipped with shaded seating and bike parking so trail users can enjoy a break at the preserve. Corten steel and rust color materiality throughout this space compliments the industrial feel that is created by the existing transmission poles along the trail.
RIGHT-OF-WAY DESIGN + RESTORATION The Powerlines to Pollinators Trail leads visitors through the restored right-of-way, which contains a native meadow community in the wire zone and a native scrub-shrub community in the border zone. The scrub-shrub community provides a protective edge to the woodland preserve, reducing understory sunlight exposure and invasive species migration into the preserve.
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The client, Lancaster County Conservancy, is interested in having dynamic signage— signage that could change throughout the year to display seasonal information. To the left is my design for durable yet dynamic signage for the wildflower preserve.
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TEMPLE GREEN PUBLIC LANDS STUDIO | 2015 Philadelphia, PA As Temple University's main campus is undergoing major changes as part of the master plan done by Ground Reconsidered (formally LRSLA Studio), the public lands studio at Temple Ambler developed their own designs for Temple Green, which will be a 4-acre open space in the campus core. My design for the campus green proposes a lively and multi-functional space that facilitates both commencement events and daily activities such as outdoor dining, active and passive recreation, social gathering, and studying. It succinctly resolves the circulation needs for this bustling area of campus and creates outdoor "rooms" that serve the diverse main campus community.
Materials / Software: AutoCAD, Rhino 5, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Prismacolor markers and colored pencils, and cardboard and reindeer moss for the site model
Bird's eye view of where the campus green will be built *Photo taken by Holly Colello
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TEMPLE GREEN DESIGN INSPIRATION An urban precedent that greatly influenced my design for Temple Green is the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial in London, as its prime feature is a dynamic water fountain. Margaret Carney, the Temple University architect, expressed an interest in an interactive water feature for the campus green that could also manage stormwater. The design of the memorial challenged me to experiment with how a circular geometry could enhance the rectilinear campus green space and how an interactive water feature could shape the overall design.
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Another precedent I was inspired by was Uptown Circle in Normal, IL. The circular public space collects stormwater from nearby streets, and the water is filtered on-site and then allowed to flow through for users to interact with the water. The combination of filtration and interaction inspired my water feature design.
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EVOLUTION OF THE DESIGN Integrating a central, circular geometry into the site influenced my early design ideas for the campus green. I wanted to create a central open space surrounded by smaller outdoor "rooms." However, resolving circulation needs and integrating architectural lines from the new library building influenced the circular green space, moving it more to the northwest corner. The water feature also evolved from a circular feature as seen in the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial to a linear feature that became the "spine" of my design.
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WATER FEATURE "SPINE" | looking southwest onto the campus green space This view of the proposed design shows the “spine� of the design—the water feature. It filters stormwater collected from the surrounding streets before allowing the water to reach a final, shallow pool. Undulating concrete benches along the edges of the stream portion of the water feature mimic the flow of water.
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DE-PAVING THE WAY: a greener approach to campus parking lot design EPA CAMPUS RAINWORKS CHALLENGE | 2015 Ambler, PA Over the course of 7 months, I worked with a group of Temple University engineering and landscape architecture students, as well as two faculty advisors, to propose a more sustainable design for the Temple Ambler student parking lot. This project was submitted to the EPA as part of their Campus RainWorks Challenge, a competition in which students propose a green infrastructure project for an area on their campus that effectively manages stormwater and benefits the campus community and environment. The student parking lot was chosen as our site since it significantly impacts the local watersheds and contributes to downstream flooding in the downtown city center.
Materials / Software: ArcGIS, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Microsoft Excel were used personally for this project. Other teammates used AutoCAD and Storm Water Management Model (SWMM).
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DE-PAVING THE WAY CONTEXT + SIGNIFICANCE The Temple Ambler campus student parking lot, which is about 7 acres of impervious pavement, sits at a critical point if analyzed from a watershed perspective. The parking lot contributes to both the Rose Valley Creek and Tannery Run watersheds, which convey water to the Wissahickon Creek in downtown Ambler. Due to increased development and use of impervious surfaces in the watershed, downstream flooding in downtown Ambler has become a serious issue, especially in the lowincome, minority community in West Ambler.
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Managing the 100-year storm at the parking lot would decrease surface runoff entering the local streams, thus decreasing downstream flooding in the downtown area. Furthermore, our proposed design turns a parking lot into a campus amenity by enhancing the pedestrian experience, providing an outdoor classroom for hands-on education and research, creating native habitat for suburban and migratory wildlife, and extending the campus arboretum.
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BIOSWALE WALKWAY | section through a pedestrian bridge over native plant bioretention unit
BIOSWALE WALKWAY | looking towards a pedestrian bridge over native plant bioretention unit De-paving the Way features many beautiful examples of pedestrian bridges over bioretention units. These nodes thoughtfully engage students and visitors through the use of native plant palettes, artful materiality, and pollinator attraction to demonstrate innovative stormwater design. The paths and bridges are ADA-accessible to allow all potential users to enjoy the experience.
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PARK(ING) DAY PUBLIC LANDS STUDIO | 2015 Doylestown, PA The public lands studio spent a few weeks working on a pop-up park design to participate in Park(ing) Day, which is an international event that strives to enliven communities in innovative ways and encourage people to re-imagine public space. As a class, we further expanded upon a design concept, finessed the design details, developed the site plans, and built the necessary components of the pop-up park. Personally, I was on the special features team, which was responsible for the lighting, comments column, and other design details. I also played an important role in the planting scheme. Along with another classmate, we chose a palette of appropriate native plants, developed the planting plan, and worked closely with a local nursery who lent us the plants for the pop-up park.
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SITE ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN Working with another classmate, we hand-rendered an illustrative plan to depict our studio's park(ing) day design for the 5 on-street parking spots in Doylestown, PA. The design for the space includes cafĂŠ seating, hay bale seating, meadow plantings, canopy/shaded anchors at the park's termini, a story-time area, and an open area for programmed events such as live music, yoga, and zumba. *Photo taken by Brad DiPadova
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BUILDING UPON FIBERS WET LANDS: WATER IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE STUDIO | 2015 Ambler, PA BoRit Asbestos Superfund Site is in the heart of Ambler, PA and is comprised of land belonging to three different townships. Aside from being defined by its infamous industrial history, the site is also defined by its unique hydrology. The EPA took control of the site and covered the entire landscape with at least 2 feet of fill to cover and immobilize the asbestos waste. Now that site has been remediated, there is interest in re-purposing the site, especially since the northern parcel was used as a park by the local community in the 1970s and 1980s. My design aims to unite the three distinct parcels to strengthen the community and local ecology.
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BUILDING UPON FIBERS SITE ANALYSIS BoRit Asbestos Superfund Site (outlined in neon green) lies at the bottom of the Wissahickon Creek Watershed, where there are severe flooding issues due to increased development and presence of impermeable and semi-permeable surfaces upstream of the site. The reservoir at BoRit does not provide any flood storage to the flood-stricken community of West Ambler, as the reservoir is not connected to Rose Valley Creek. The creek currently flows through an highly engineered channel that was constructed by the EPA. Although the channel prevents Rose Valley Creek from eroding away at the asbestos-filled banks, the channel creates a harsh segmentation to the site. *collaborative effort
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The construction details to the left demonstrate how the bridge + weir feature would be built. The bridge would be constructed with corten steel to be durable and to give a rustic look. The weir would be built with Wissahickon schist stones to appear more natural in the landscape. The perspective to the right shows how the bridge + weir design integrates into the landscape, as well as how the water from the wetland flows down the step pools before emptying into the Wissahickon Creek.
STEP POOLS | looking northeast from the Wissahickon Creek towards the step pools and bridge + weir
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BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE WOODLAND STUDIO | 2014 New Hope, PA Located in central Bucks County, BHWP is a site of unique ecological value. Largely protected from outside disturbance by deer exclosure fencing, the 134-acre preserve is home to more than 600 species of plants and hosts a particularly diverse collection of wildflowers. Our studio began a collaboration with Bowmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hill Wildflower Preserve (BHWP), working to produce a new master plan for the entrance landscape of the preserve. Andropogon Associates developed a master plan designed to attract more visitors and enhance the visitor experience at the preserve. However, concerns from the Bucks County Historical Commission about the proposed placement of the visitor center prevented implementation of the design. Through an iterative process, our studio worked towards producing a new master plan for the entrance landscape that would attract, welcome, and educate visitors, while minimizing disturbance to both the preserve's special ecology onsite and to their historic neighbors just across the road.
Materials / Software: ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Prismacolor colored pencils for initial master plan rendering, and plastilina clay, cardboard, and natural materials for my model.
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BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE SITE ANALYSIS The entrance landscape (approximately 4 acres) of BHWP is comprised of 4 different plant communities, including a wet meadow, dry meadow, oldfield, and woodland. The meadows and oldfield are predominantly native and quite biodiverse, including species such as swamp rose-mallow, wool-grass, goldenrod, asters, milkweeds, dogbane, Indian grass, mountain mints, little bluestem, and big bluestem. The woodland outside of the deer fence and just north of the meadows and oldfield communities is highly degraded, browsed, and taken over by invasive species in the understory. Because of the quality of the meadow and oldfield communities as compared to the woodland, the studio made the decision to site the new visitor center in the existing, degraded woodland.
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT MODEL | Early in the design process, we built models to test our preliminary design ideas. I experimented with siting the visitor center in the degraded woodland, as well as developing an associated parking lot with a turnaround built into the parking lot design.
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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY DESIGN COMMUNICATIONS STUDIO II | 2014 Philadelphia, PA At the time, Temple's 20/20 plan had just released, which laid out a framework for campus development over the next several years. Keeping this framework in mind, the design communications studio proposed master plan concepts for the campus, as well as more detailed designs for specific areas of campus. I developed a design for Beasley's Walk, a forgotten and neglected alley in the campus core. It's surrounded by towering, historic buildings and is monopolized by vehicles illegally parking and large trucks making deliveries or picking up trash. I strove to invigorate the corridor and enhance the pedestrian experience by looking to "woonerf," or living street, designs for inspiration.
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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS ANALYSIS Temple University's main campus lies within a dense, urban matrix, where vehicles dominate the landscape and paving prevails. The campus community itself is disjointed as there are various architectural styles and paving patterns stemming from Temple's expansion throughout the decades. Analysis of the existing campus community reveals that the bell tower is an iconic landmark for the campus. Nodes occur along major pedestrian routes (Polett and Liacouras Walks), as well as within open spaces and pedestrian hubs including the Founder's Garden, around the bell tower, and at Septa stations. A harsh edge lies along the Septa railway just to the east of campus, whereas a softer edge lies along Broad Street as the atmosphere changes from institutional to commercial.
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SECTION | This section cut from Wachman Hall to Speakman Hall through the wetland walk shows how the buttonbush wetland community lies at the center of the space. The edges are shaded and are modeled after a coastal plain forest community, which is the community that is historic to this area of Philadelphia County.
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