CANDIS A. SHIFLETT PORTFOLIO
Candis a. S hiflett
About Me
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Primrose connection: North Carolina state university
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Campus Design: Redefining the connection to iconic places at NCSU GREENING HARGETT Street: Raleigh, NC
NC STATE UNIVERSITY BLA, MINOR A&D
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Urban Design: Greening Urban Streets; proposing Development with Community Riverfront revitalization: Prague, Czech republic
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Conceptual Urban plan to revitalize a neighborhood & create connection to the riverfront Community Design: Wendell, NC
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Worked with a community to develop a plan for the future growth of the town Construction: Bus shelter design
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Mock up & Renderings for a bus shelter proposal in Raleigh, NC Bench Design Competition submittal
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Bench design competition for award winning rain garden on NC State Campus
Sketching & Additional Hand RENDERING Samples
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Contact
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Candis Shiflett is completing her undergraduate studies in landscape architecture at North Carolina State University and will graduate in May 2013. Her passion in landscape architecture is focused in community and urban design to improve people’s lives and to rebuild lost or weakened connections to the land. Her current research interests lie in the use of eco-revelatory techniques, primarily storm water, in urban settings. In addition to the Bachelors of Landscape Architecture degree, Candis will graduate with a minor degree in Art & Design. She hopes that her passion for and skills in drawing will enhance her professional landscape architecture career.
03: BIO
04 Primrose Connection: North Carolina State University This project was developed in the “Design Development� Studio where I learned to take the design through not only the conceptual and schematic design phase but to also complete a full set of construction documents.
The site is located on the east side of North Carolina State University. It is currently a parking lot for the adjacent buildings. We were able to work with the Campus Architect’s office to develop designs that were directed toward the possibility of a future redesign of the site. The campus identified the site as a transitional space and wanted to program to convey such. The campus is planning to transform the parking lot in the near future.
05 NC State University
06 Primrose Connection: NC State University
07 Schematic Design: Making the connection In my design, my main goal was to connect the “hollowed” and “iconic” places that were currently separated by an unattractive parking lot. Conceptually I wanted to create framed views to important places through path direction and vegetative framing. I designed places for new “hearths” and a warm comfortable transition space which directs the users view to important campus icons through the use of plant and hardscape materials, and form. Plan and Perspective sketches are colored pencil & ink on vellum, Sections are Ink on Vellum.
08 CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT CLIPPINGS
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT: CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
After completing the Schematic Design phase, my proposal began a series of studies translating ideas into buildable elements. In this studio I was able to go through the process of producing Existing Conditions, Erosion Control and Tree Protection, Demolition, Grading, Planting, Layout and Materials Plans, and Custom Details. These allowed me to review and refine your design ideas, as well as make new discoveries enabled by the rigor of the process.
10 HARGETT STREET: RALEIGH, NC
11 URBAN DESIGN- GREENING HARGETT STREET: DOWNTOWN RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA The focus of my urban design studio in downtown Raleigh was in the retrofit of existing urban infrastructure by exploring the transformation of Hargett Street in downtown Raleigh from it’s current condition into an urban greenway. The goals of the project include maximizing non-motorized movement and comfort, as well as stimulating community development, across its length. Hargett Street was chosen for to it’s connections to many significant downtown Raleigh assets including Moore Square, and the future Union Station. Hargett street stretches from historic and traditional neighborhoods in the east, to the urban center of Raleigh, to the emerging warehouse district to the west. In this sense, it represents an urban transect; a descriptive line reflecting the wide range of urban conditions present in downtown Raleigh. This context offered a unique opportunity to explore the transformation of a consistent landscape (Hargett street) moving through diverse conditions.
12 GREENING HARGETT STREET: DOWNTOWN RALEIGH
“A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR”
Each student was asked to choose an area along the corridor for a more specific intervention. I chose to focus my study in the residential area of Hargett Street which currently feels very disconnected from the dense urban center of downtown which is just blocks away. The city plans to
NORTH CAROLINA
expand the density up to the edge of the neighborhood district. My design offers a solution for transition as well as connection while respecting the city’s wish to increase density. I had three goals I was addressing: 1. Create healthier food access to an area which is considered a food desert, 2. create healthy mobility whether it be pedestrian or vehicular, 3. create cleaner air/water through material choices.
Mixed Use Combination Hand sketching & Digital Sketching (Ink, Photoshop)
Community Use
Rendered in Photoshop
Community Gardens serve as a transitional ele-
This “Baseline” design offers minimal change
This “Past Peak Oil” design offers maximum
ment in density in my design. The design in-
with big impact. It includes new features to
change with maximum impact. It includes
cludes: shade and water collection tarps, cargo
the site boundary such as: walkway lighting,
new features to my site boundary such as:
bike rental spaces, storage and compost areas,
2020 linear ft. of sharrow signage, painted
planter lighting along widened walkways (5
children’s play area, an educational room, as
crosswalks, pervious pavers, curb bumpouts
ft. or more), 2020 linear ft. of sharrow signage,
well as a wildflower collection garden.
and 85 new trees.
permeable parking , raised pervious paved crosswalks with curb bumpouts and 90 addi-
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tional trees.
Inhabitant DENSITY 173 residential 61,548 Net Sq Ft Mixed Use
“Food” DENSITY
128
10x10
100 sq ft will produce ½ of what 1 person would need for a year,
¼
of what a household of 2 needs,
⅛
what a family of 4 would need
Increased Density
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“Existing”
Total Pervious: 9,845 cf Total Pervious Paving: 0 cf Total Imperious: 88,555 cf = 43,986 gallons of runnoff
“BaseLine”
Total Pervious: 15,765 cf Total Pervious Paving: 800 cf Total Impervious: 81,835 cf = 41,282 gallons of runnoff Total Pervious: 17,520 cf Total Pervious Paving: 41,614 cf Total Imperious: 39,266 cf = 21,055 gallons of runnoff
“End of Peak Oil”
Cleaner Air & Water “BaseLine” “End of Peak Oil” 46 Kousa 32 Oaks 20 Fruit
55 Kousa 35 Fruit
$3164 benefit/yr
$1107 benefit/yr Stormwater
Air Quality
CO2
16 Czech republic: Prague
17 Linking Life and Waterfront: Prague, Czech Republic: HoleĹ ovice District While studying in Prague, I was able to take an urban design studio which had significant focus on the perception and behaviors of cultures as well as the urban structure of cities throughout Europe. I worked in a team to develop a design for the revitalization of an area along the Vltalva river that connected to the HoleĹĄovice neighborhood. The current conditions were unsafe and created little access or no desire to visit the waterfront.
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19 Linking Life and waterfront: Prague, Czech Republic: HoleŠovice District Holešovice Is located just north, across the Vltava river from central Prague. It is a residential neighborhood with many different businesses throughout. While it’s proximity to the riverfront is optimal, the current “connection” to the river front is not strong, and the area is seen negatively. The riverfront is in need of attention and help in order to serve the community and others properly. My team’s main goal through our design was to improve the quality of life along the river front as well as create an enjoyable and leisurely experience for the user. We hoped our design would create appreciation for the riverfront and develop and identity for the area that would aid in economic and community growth. We spent a great deal of time researching native perceptions and other projects throughout Europe to determine what would be a positively perceived plan.
20 Linking Life and waterfront: Giving Color to the HoleĹ ovice District My main contributions to the team were field studies, contribution of case studies and defining relevance, as well as organizing the final presentation and presentation graphics. I particularly enjoying depicting the area illustratively , I felt I was giving true visualization to the possibility of transformation into a beautiful waterfront community. Illustrative plan done by myself (ink, water color, digital). Sections drawn by teammate M. Domanski, colored by myself (color pencil).
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Please note: sections are only arranged in this format for this portfolio and do no depict relation to one another.
Met with citizens to gather their ideas and opinions to better address their needs and desires for the town.
I used Photoshop renderings to show how an area could look. In this school zone I proposed additional safety measures such as crosswalks.
Depicting a community art idea some citizens were interested in: wall murals are an inexpensive way to improve building appearance and town image.
22 Community Design: Wendell NC My part in the team included everything from developing questionnaires, to meeting with citizens during the charette to gather their opinions, ideas, and needs to developing renderings and plans that described possibilities for how their needs could be better met. Some of the techniques I used to convey ideas included connectivity plans as well as Photoshop visualizations.
23 Community Design: Wendell, NC Through a community design course, I was given the opportunity to participate as a member of a team in a community design workshop. The town of Wendell is facing future growth and was looking for advice for future planning and changes for community improvement. We divided into teams: Community Identity, Regional Planning. Streetscape & Public Spaces, and Buildings and Structural Elements. As co-leader of the streetscapes and public spaces committee, our main goal was to assess the concerns A clip of the Bicycle & Pedestrian Connectivity plan my team and I developed.
Many citizens of the town had concerns with particular intersections. I aided in visualizing options for improvement as well as provided plans for these options.
of the citizens of Wendell regarding their streetscapes and public spaces. Our method for collecting this data was a questionnaire as well as a group discussion. During the group discussion we recorded the main concerns of the citizens, which they then voted on. We then developed design ideas and proposals and presented them at a later town meeting.
24 CONSTRUCTION : BUS SHELTER DESIGN
SEABOARD STATION
During a construction materials course I worked in a team to design a bus shelter. We developed renderings as well as
PEA
a mock up of a section of the shelter. The bus shelter design with would be positioned near the North Carolina AIA building and nearby Seaboard Station, a shopping center. As a team member I aided in site & material analysis, organizing the final boards, and the final rendering of the bus shelter. We also worked together to build the mock up.
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UILDING
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26 Syme Serpentine: Bench Design Competition I worked in a multidisciplinary team to develop a bench design for a competition calling for bench designs to a recently built rain garden on North Carolina State University. My main contributions as part of the team were: initial design and rendering, part in material selection, final presentation renderings, and planting plan. My team placed 2nd in the competition.
24” 8” 4” 4” 2” 18”
6”
12”
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Ink on Bristol. Art & Design project: Object Transformed to Place.
< Ink & Vellum Wall Section Ink & Marker on Bond. Market Sketch, Prague v
Pencil on Bond. Field Sketch ^
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Sketching & Additional Hand RENDERING Samples
Pencil on Trace. Street Sketch, Prague v
Color pencil & Ink on Bond. Envisioned Streetscape, Prague ^
Marker & Color pencil on Vellum. Campus Plaza Design ^
^ Watercolors. Barcelona, Spain >
Various Media on Trace. Color Study Still Life ^
Contact + 704.245.5935 + cashifle@ncsu.edu
Address + 2606 ½ Clark Ave + Raleigh 27607 + USA
Connect Online + www. linkedin.com/ in/candishiflett + http://candishiflett. carbonmade.com
Candis shiflett | NC State University | Bachelors Landscape Architecture. Minor Art & Design.