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Design is an opportunity to continue telling the story, not just to sum everything up. -Tate Linden
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Healthy Neighborhoods Landscape Architecture Undergraduate Thesis 2011-2012
Emerson Heights Charrette Community Based Projects Fall 2011
Stamping to Scholars Urban Design Fall 2011
White River Watershed Plan Regional Planning Fall 2010
Ramses Square Redefined Urban Design/Plaza Design Spring 2009
CAPItalis Field Study Summer 2010
Tillotson Community Housing and Community Development Fall 2009
Construction Documentation Engineering Spring 2010
Dr. Seuss Garden Planting Design Spring 2009
Example of Taskforce Brief Internship Summer 2011
USS Indianapolis Memorial Planting Design Spring 2009
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Healthy Neighborhoods:
Guiding the revitalization of the United Northwest Area of urban design and healthy neighborhoods
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“Health is the combination of the social, physical, and mental well-being of an individual or a group.�
The purpose of this project is to use principles of healthy neighborhoods and urban design to guide the revitalization plan for the United Northwest Area Neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana. The United Northwest Neighborhood is a distressed, predominantly African American neighborhood that lies within the boundaries of 38th Street to the north, Interstate 65 and Martin Luther King Jr. Street to the east, 16th Street to the south, and the White River on the west. The 2.1 square mile neighborhood is the site for a neighborhood urban design framework plan. Following the completion of the urban design framework plan, the Upper Canal was the site for a revitalization master plan based around the framework.
neighborhood using principles
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design principles
Gateways, Hearts, and Edges
Neighborhood and Regional Connections
Street Character
urban design framework
Public Open Space Network
Land Use and Development
According to the World Health Organization, “health” is the combination of the social, physical, and mental wellbeing of an individual or group. Health is not simply the absence of infirmary. This project focuses on integrating principles of healthy neighborhoods and urban design to revitalize and improve the quality of life in the United Northwest Area Neighborhood.
providing opportunities for physical activity and social connections, revitalizing brownfields, provide healthy eating environments, assuring safety, and reinvesting in the neighborhood.
This is accomplished by creating a sustainable, walkable neighborhood that provides connections within the neighborhood as well as connections to the greater Indianapolis area, 6
Research about the construction and development of distressed neighborhoods provided insight on how the neighborhood in which one lives affects his or her behaviors, choices, and overall health at various stages of life. Case studies of urban design framework plans, sustainable neighborhoods, and active living guidelines provided insight on how to create a healthy
neighborhood. Finally, research on sustainable community design and revitalization methods was inter-related with principles of healthy environments to guide the design principles for the United Northwest Area Neighborhood. After extensive analysis and research, five framework elements emerged. These can be viewed above. By creating new community hearts and focal points and developing design guidelines for street character the neighborhood has a clearer sense of place. And by connecting the neighborhood to itself and the Indianapolis region
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• Welcomes all icomes, ages, and races and has a clear identity and sense of place. • Offers the opportunity for physical activity through walking, biking, and recreation. • Connected, both within the neighborhood and to the greater Indianapolis area. • Has a mixture of land uses, encourages investment, fosters economic growth, and provides adequate services for residents. • Offers a variety of social outlets and encourages networking and interaction between residents and visitors. • A safe place, where residents feel free to walk, exercise, and socialize. • Provides access to fresh food from both local producers and full service grocers.
through physical, social and economic means creates a more vibrant, livable environment.
wapahani trail connection
major development area
fall creek connection
canal master plan
After the development of the framework, the canal was chosen for the focus area master plan. The canal was the catalyst for the formation of the neighborhood and will be the catalyst for revitalization. This plan demonstrates how the guiding principles will be used to guide revitalization
downtown connections
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Above: Neighborhood Park Middle: Central Plaza Below: Wapahani Trail Connection
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Healthy People
Above: Boat Launch Middle: Community Garden Below: MLK and Canal Gateway Connection
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stamping to scholars transforming the GM plan into a vocational education and commercial retail coop center
use retail, residential, and educational development. What was one an industrial economic generator can now generate incomes and educational opportunities. The Indianapolis General Motors Stamping Plant closed its doors permanently in 2011. Indianapolis lost jobs and gained a 100 acre site with a 2 million square foot vacant building that carried no future plans for development or economic opportunity. While the site has a variety of unique features it lacks a complete vision for its future. It is a riverfront property, close to downtown, the Zoo, and White River State Park, and has access and visibility to and from I-70 which makes it an ideal place for development. However, what kind of development was debatable until now. This project proposes the site be made into a mixed10
Project Overview Projected Population: 1054 people 2x the density of Indianapolis Built-open space ratio: 33% built 66% open
Community Shopping Center: 278,329 sq. ft Number of stores: 25-80 Market Area Population: 30,000 people Market Area Radius: 5 miles Uses: Drug stores/ pharmacy, apparel, hardware, appliance, radio and television stores, eating and drinking establishments, furniture stores, food stores
Educational Campus: 185,683 sq. ft Programs offered: agribusiness, horticulture, forestry,automotive technology, industrial technology, business education, natural resources, environmental science, zoology, cosmetology, child care, health careers, apparel design, computer programming, drafting, machine trades, printing Urban Agriculture: 40 acres Provides 5% of site food needs
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infill multifamily housing
infill single family housing
transit stop
student center plaza
retail center plaza community park
community garden
Oliver St.
master plan Process diagrams
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site section
retail center
community garden
character of site
Active edges, community spaces, and walkability are the three key ideas for this proposal. The commercial corridors and educational campus offer an active atmosphere of retail and commercial uses such as a beauty salon, clothing store, post office, and grocery. According to the quality of life plan for West Indianapolis, the neighborhood has a day time population twice that of its night time providing an opportunity for investment and growth. Also, the neighborhood spends more for goods outside their community than they do purchasing services or goods inside the neighborhood. Their money goes towards retail, This development offers over 100,000 sq. ft. of retail space that can establish a third place for residents of West Indianapolis as well as a place for lunch breaks or after-work shopping for those working in the neighborhood.
Top perspective: Student Center Plaza Bottom perspective: Community Garden
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park
Top perspecive: Farmers Market in the main retail plaza Bottom perspective: Western half of the retail plaza
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a design competition project for the national center for urban harmony
Ramses Square Redefined
labrynth
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Ramses Square is one of three historic squares that define the Cairo Business District in Central Cairo, but currently, the conditions of the square are so fragmented, confusing, underutilized, and congested. A plan was needed to re-establish a sense of identity that would embrace the religious and historic culture of the space as well as improve its design and functionality and reconnect it to the rest of Cairo.
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Top perspective: Redevelopment area, Derek Naber Bottom perspective: Entrance plaza, Derek Naber
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Perspective: Tourist plaza near train station, myself
character of site
The key features of our design included a large entry plaza in front of the train station, a smaller vendor’s plaza to the west of the station, a redevelopment zone northwest of the station, and a simplification of the road systems. As one of three landscape architecture students on the design team, my main role was the design development work for the large entry plaza and small vendor’s plaza. I also played a major role in the streetscape design and details.
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Left, top: Wetland Left, bottom: Community Garden
redefining community
“Developing a unique community that integrates nature, the built environment, and humankind.”
This progressive development possesses alternative energy and sustainable building and developing practices. It is designed to create a completely difference experience for both residents and visitors.
Constructed wetlands also aid this community in lessening its impact on nature. The homes themselves are oriented in a way that allows for the capture of summer winds and blockage of winter winds. This saves resident’s money and lessens the Three wind turbines power energy consumption. over one quarter of the homes in the community and serve to as part of a coop between Heath Farms and Ball State University--the owner of the land. Public gardens provide an opportunity for organic, home-grown produce that can be sold at the farmer’s market.
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Master plan community garden
farmers market grocery civic center wind turbines
constructed wetlands
community park
orchard retail center
student apartments
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Master plan
Dr. Seuss Garden
As Dr. Seuss has entertained American families and children for over 60 years, this garden will entertain all visitors lucky enough to journey through it whimsical surroundings. Seuss’s bright, colorful books serve as the inspiration for the garden, taking visitors through the pages and settings of books like The Lorax and Oh, the Places you will Go!
Left: 1=10’ model of garden
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Right: View of the ascending water feature symbolizing the rescued sailors rising from the waters of the Pacific.
USS Indianapolis Memorial I hope the young people wake up and realize that the freedom they have today didn’t come cheap. There was an awful price paid for it.� -Paul Murphey The USS Indianapolis monument was raised to commemorate the lives lost when the carrier sank July 30th, 1945. The design places the original monument in a setting that tells the other untold stories; those of the ship, its survivors, and its infamous captain. The path zigzags through the site is wound in a zigzag symbolizing the route ships take in an attempt to avoid torpedo attacks. It was due to a lack of zigzagging that Captain McVay was eventually accused and found guilty of negligence, though most see this accusation as unjust.
final resting place. The path finally ascends through a corridor of water, symbolizing the rescued sailors ascending from the Pacific. This fountain lists the names of the survivors.
lost, and a tribute to those who survived. It was completed on a threeperson team. Below: 1=20’ model of memorial
This design calls for the remembrance of this tragedy, honor for those
As the path zigzags, it gradually descends, representing the sinking of the ship. As it descends, the walls lining the path tell the story of the ship, from its repairs in San Francisco after a kamikaze attack to the transportation of the materials for the atomic bomb to its sinking to its Cassandra A. Rice Design Portfolio
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Site plan upper plaza displays a quote by Paul Murphy describing the impact of the Indianapolis waterfall displays survivors names under a sheet of water original memorial displays names of those who lost their lives remembrance plaza displays the story of the final journey
seating movable seating and planters
story path displays the complete story of the Indianapolis
Right: Rosemary, Little Leaf Linden, California Poppy “White Linen”, Poppy Flash Rose, Hosta “Clovely”, Autumn Cherry Tree
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3) TIL-C 7) TSU-C 1) PRU-AR 24) HOS-C 19) HOS-C 15) ROS-HC
1) PRU-AR 10) ROS-HC 481) ESC-M 319) ROS-PF
plant list Tiliia cordata, Little Leaf Linden
1) TIL-C 19) HOS-C 15) ROS-HC 67) ESC-M 44) ROS-PF
planting plan
93) ESC-M 61) ROS-PF 9) HOS-C 1) PRU-AR
Prunus subhirtella Autumnalis Rosea, Autumn Cherry Tree Tsuga canadensis, Eastern Hemlock Hosta “Clovelly”, Hosta “Clovelly” Rosmarinus officianlis, Rosemary Eschscholzia californica var. White Linen, California Poppy “White Linen” Rosa “Poppy Flash”, Poppy Flash Rose
15) ECS-M 10) ROS-PF 115) ECS-M 78) ROS-PF 3) TIL-C 10) HOS-C
2) ROS-HC 1) PRU-AR 5) HOS-C 5)ROS-HC
201) ECS-M 133) ROS-PF 8) ROS-HC 14) HOS-C 1) ROS-HC
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300) ESC-M 201) ROS-PF
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5) ROS-HC 4) PRU-AR 8) ROS-HC 11) ROS-HC 1) TIL-C
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retail center master plan
Emerson Heights Charrette This charrette was held in partnership with the Emerson Heights Community Organization and with the support of Community Health Network and Indy-east Asset Development. The charrette explored the ideas, issues, and opportunities confronting
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the Emerson Heights neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana. I participated on the seven-member village center development and revitalization team. Our focus was on creating a vibrant, walkable pedestrian center.
Regional plan
analysis
White River watershed regional plan
“Attracting new investments and people to the region through redevelopment and revitalization.�
Delaware County encompasses 395 square miles of land with a population density of 292.2 per spare mile. The region was once known for its booming glass, steel and automobile manufacturing industries, but is now best known as the home to Ball State University. The plan, developed by a fourperson team, addressed the projected population growth, job opportunities and economic growth, ecological systems, and quality of life.
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capitalia Italy, greece, france
As part of a four-week field study, these sketches and photographs were produced as I traveled through Italy, Greece, and France. We travelled through Santorini, Athens, Tuscany, Paris, and many more European cities studying the historic architecture, landscape architecture and urban spaces. 26
All sketches were produced with a regular ball point pen and sketchbook while photographs were taken with a Kodak EasyShare and edited with Photoshop.
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grading plan
construction documents
excerpts from engineering construction documents
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piping profile
swale profile
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IndyRezone example of taskforce brief completed for Indianapolis Department of metropolitan development internship
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ISSUE: Alternative energy sources such as wind turbines are not specifically addressed in the ordinances. Consequently, they are treated as typical accessory structures, which is not appropriate in many situations. APPLICABLE CODE Not directly addressed in the current zoning ordinance though the industrial ordinances have height limits.
BACKGROUND – Treating alternative energy sources as a typical accessory structure means they are subject to the same height limitations and location restrictions included in the development standards that may not be appropriate for the alternative energy system. Proper sizing of an alternative energy structure (e.g. wind turbine) might require a height that exceeds what is permitted for an accessory structure or a larger minimum setback requirement. Including standards for alternative energy sources in the zoning ordinance could encourage more widespread use of these alternatives. WIND ENERGY Wind energy has can potentially reduce CO2 emissions, saves water, reduces our reliance on vital freshwater resources. A single megawatt (MW) of power can produce
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enough electricity to power 225 to 300 US households (Purdue). As of 2010, Indiana has over 800 wind turbines producing up to 1,339.2 MW of energy (in.gov). In addition to these turbines, there are 12 planned wind energy developments for 11 counties (in.gov). The US Department of Energy produced an analysis of the expected impacts of 1000 MW of wind power in Indiana in 2008. Not only would Indiana save over 3.1 million tons of CO2 and 1,684 million gallons of water, but the wind power would also produce direct, indirect, and induced economic impacts. Direct benefits include jobs, land lease payments and increased tax revenue, while indirect benefits include benefits to business supporting wind farm
wind technology
There are two types of turbines commercially available in the US— horizontal axis or vertical axis turbines. Turbines are produced in three scales— residential, industrial, and utility. The image to the left shows the various turbine sizes/scales, components, the average amount of energy produced by a single turbine, and what the energy is intended to be used for. There is no set standard for hub height or maximum tip height, but in general, turbine hub heights are approximately 1 to 1.4 times the rotor diameter. Size of wind turbines is also most commonly discussed in the amount of energy produced (in kW, GW, or MW) rather than the dimensional height.
Issues to consider when developing a wind energy ordinance: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Definitions for all apparatuses Required distance for setbacks and location on site. Is wind energy appropriate at a utility or industrial scale? Single site scale? Required distance from adjacent buildings or residential property Design and installation guidelines (height, clearances, distance from another turbine, density, etc) Allowances or restrictions on placing them on top of buildings Appearance, color, finish Access Noise Standards Lighting Zoning areas “Shadow Flicker” Drainage requirements Method for determining compensation to land owners and farmers. Determination of how payments will be allocated to landowners Application for a permit Process of evaluation and understanding of infrastructure needs Noise standards for utility-scale wind turbines that properly integrate turbines with residential property Decommissioning arrangements
development such as those involved in the construction or operational phases of the farms. Induced benefits result from additional spending on goods and services in the areas surrounding the wind farm such as retail, restaurant businesses, or child care (US Dept. of Energy). Indiana has already exceeded 1,000 MW of power and has 2,257 turbines that will produce 4,056 MW of power in the planning stages (IN.gov).
these heights can be seen at the bottom left of the article. According to the US Department of Energy, areas with annual average wind speeds around 6.5 m/s and greater than 80m in height are considered to have suitable wind energy resources for wind development. This is the dark brown area on the map. The option of wind development at 100m is also viable.
In order to legitimize the development of wind energy ordinances in Marion County, the potential for wind energy development must be present. Wind is classified according to wind power classes based on typical wind speeds and range between class 1 and class 7. While at 50m the wind potential is low, at 80m wind energy potential increases. Maps showing wind energy potential at
Right: Indiana annual average wind speed map at 80m Far Right: Indiana annual average wind speed map at 50m
However, while these maps are extremely helpful in determining wind energy potential, they should not be the sole source of data. They are generated using historical weather data and computer modeling. In order to determine wind resources in an area of interests, meteorological towers need to collect site-specific wind data. There are specific areas
of the county that must be excluded including environmental lands from the National Park and Fish and Wildlife Services, wildlife, wilderness, and recreational areas designated on federal land, state and private environmental lands, urban areas, airports, wetlands, and water bodies, slopes greater than 20% and 3 kilometer buffers around urban and environmental lands.
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