CHRISTOPHER MAURER the pennsylvania state university bachelors of landscape architecture 2014* +1 (717) 725 0125 c.maurer.psu@gmail.com http://cargocollective.com/chrismaurer
SELECTED WORKS
URBAN DESIGN
URBAN DESIGN
INDUSTRIAL + COASTAL EDGE
Kรถln, Germany
Various Locations, USA
Ohio, USA
10' 1'-2" 156°
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THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
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ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
LARGE SCALE FRAMEWORKS
DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION
Mang’ula, Tanzania
Central PA
Various 1/2" DOWEL POLISHED GRANITE CAP 1" MORTAR JOINT
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ART + GRAPHIC DESIGN
1'-4"
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C.I.P. REINFORCED CONCRETE WALKWAY (SAND BLASTED FINISH) POLISHED GRANITE PAVER (1'x 2'x 2-3/8" TYP.) PRECAST CONCRETE UNIT PAVERS (BUSH HAMMERED FINISH) (16"x 8"x 2-3/8" TYP.) 1/8" HAND TIGHT JOINT C.I.P. CONCRETE DIVIDER (SAND BLASTED FINISH) 1-1/2" SAND SETTING BED
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_SCAPE urban design
Aachnerstraße is a street full of life that is empowered by the movement of people, public transit, cars and bikes.Movement is what defines the space as not only an essential thoroughfare of the city of Köln but also as an upbeat and lively urban corridor filled with bars, cafés, restaurants and nightlife. The design was intends to maintaining movement as an essential characteristic that defines street. This catalytic street was based on the concept “space as street, street as space” in which the cyclists take over control of the street as the dominant force of movement. Gentle rolling “waves” in the street serve as an abstraction of nature, further connecting back into the outlying greenbelt. Covered in tartan track, the street maintains a playful aesthetic and color application offers comfort to the pedestrians and traction for the high-speed bicycle lane while creating a unique, playful atmosphere that reflects the dynamic characteristics of Aachnerstraße.
Location: Semester: Instructor(s):
Köln, Germany Spring 2013 Johannes Böttger Thomas Knüvener
kรถln
Early conceptual designs
open public space free/form plane.
live
city+nature play
space+movement organization
seasons+effects wavescape plane? cars line
public transport pulse hardscape
intimate
nature=materials
harmony
hardscape
porosity
bike street? share peds
Design cross-sections
(super)highway
NEUMARKT urban design
The goal of this project was to create a public space that transforms the city of Köln’s Neumarkt into a space of dynamic interaction while retaining the core elements of a city marketplace: Openness, Movement, and, Display. Pulling from historical photographs and design elements of Neumarkt, the design pays homage to the Roman Decumanus, the site’s spatial openness and proportion, and places emphasis on the multiplicity of functions/uses within a public space. The key characteristics of city public space are retained, giving the user a large, dynamic, open space where they can “own everything under the sky.” Four perimeter spaces are individually designed and programmed (open space for retail, public gathering space, U-Bahn metro station and Deutsche Bahn tram station), framing the centerpiece of the Neumarkt - the square. This open space allows for an area where Koln traditions (such as Karneval, The circus, and world famous Christmas Market) can continue to thrive.
Location: Semester: Instructor(s):
Köln, Germany Spring 2013 Johannes Böttger Thomas Knüvener
Early conceptual designs
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT + FUNCTIONS
Final Design
MIDDLE BRANCH MASTERPLAN urban design
The Middle Branch is located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. Located only blocks away from the city’s famous Inner Harbor and Baltimore’s professional football and baseball complexes, this polluted, industrial waterway is primed for an urban-ecological renaissance. With the development of a new Horseshoe Casino on site and close proximity to Baltimore’s cultural core, this masterplan focuses on the reinvestment of casino revenue as a driver of economic development. Ecologically, the masterplan stems from existing stormwater drains and outfall points into the Middle Branch. The interaction between stormwater and the bay is highlighted, with new sub-aquatic vegetation acting as an active filter of stormwater and ecological remediation. Additionally, the masterplan embraces the urban edge, inviting users to the site and encouraging movement throughout the 3.8 Miles of interconnected Gwynn’s Falls Trail system while providing spaces of active an dpassive recreation.
Location: Semester: Instructor(s):
Baltimore, MD Spring 2014 Barry Kew
Startegies for Promoting Ecological Health + Urban Re-generation within the Casino’s local context
Masterplan AOI Industry Vacancy Parks + Rec Healthy Vegetation
Green Roofs: reduce surface temperature by ~1.5 degrees F Portland State Univerasity, epa.gov
Mixed-Use, Woonerf street typologies can increase social and recreational value by 20% APA journal, 1995
Casino Development Impact Green Walls and Facades function as Cultural Art pieces; adding to the local, vernacular value of place and, in some cases, increase property value. University of Barcelona
Urban Gardens + Food Production can allow users to save ~$4 Million over a five year period
Masterplan Area of Interest
Rutgers University
Urban treets can mitigate air pollution, absorbing NO2, PM10, O3, and SO2 City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Municipal Forest Resource Analysis
Street Trees can lower street temperature by ~5 degrees F City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Municipal Forest Resource Analysis
Casino Dev as Urban Catalyst
New urban streetscapes can increase property value. Street Trees alone can account for a value increase between 3-15% City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Municipal Forest Resource Analysis
Vacant Properties within close vicinity of the Casino
Walking distance: (.5, 1, 2 mi) Local Development Impacts
Green verticle elements and landforms at “The Cove” reduce noise pollution from nearby transportation and create a unique atmosphere
Effective stormwater management techniques and active, engaging public space go hand-in-hand
FEATURES + PROCESS
ADAPTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE RE-USE The Masterplan aims to utilize the existing I-95 and Route 395 Infrastructure in adaptive, sustainable, environmental, and immersive ways. Currently, stormwater is directed directly off the sides of these super-structures, causing dirty, polluted water to enter Middle Branch waters. By implementing a hanging “Green Curtain,” these mammoth structures become an active stormwater filter, provide bird habitat and serve as function as urban green walls.
A holsitic, layered approach was taken while planning. Stormwater systems, green streets, green spaces, urban public spaces and active/passive recreation work together to form a unified, cohesive whole.
Existing Highway Infrastructure can be retro-fitted with hanging green walls and bio-filtration “baskets”
TRAVERSE urban design
Erie Pennsylvania has long been separated from the bayfront that once brought it economic prosperity. Over the past decade Erie has been working to reinvigorate its downtown area and n doing so the bayfront has become the incubator to jumpstart Erie’s economy again. The bayfront was once viewed as a dirty industrial zone; however, it is now seen as an amenity that everyone should be able to enjoy. Unfortunately, the Bayfront Parkway is standing in the way of reconnecting the downtown with the bayfront. This project aims at overcoming this obstacle through a series of pedestrian connections along the bayfront bluff that help traverse the bluff and the parkway while still maintain the atmosphere and views along the bluff. This new parkway system keeps people up along the ridge of the bluff so that they can take in the spectacular views of the bay. There are three main pedestrian bridges that allow for easy access to the bayfront. These pedestrian bridges are located at three distinct areas where the majority of activity along the bayfront takes place helping to promote movement between downtown and the bayfront.
Location: Semester: Instructor(s):
Erie, PA Fall 2012 Sean Burkholder
BAYFRONT PROGRAM The area along the bluff that separates the bayfront from Erie Pennsylvania consists of a good mix of uses. Residential housing is very prominent along the bluff with hospitals following closely behind. The bayfront has been transformed from an industrial zone into a recreational zone. There are now convention centers, hotels, restaurants, landmarks, and lookout towers.
EARLY CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS
Design Development + Function Liberty Park Site
G.A.F. Site
State Street Site
ACTIVATING THE EDGE industrial + coastal edge
Osborne Park is a heavily used public park with various spatial programs geared towards recreational activity. While the park’s mainland functions well, the park’s coastal edge is fragmented, difficult to access and is slowly being eroded away. Currently, Erosion Control Modules occupy the park’s beach. However, these modules have proven to be an ineffective erosion control method. This project focuses on using these Erosion Control Modules as a facilitator of spatial identity and cohesion; linking the park and its coastal edge. By strategically breaking these 16 ton pieces of concrete into smaller, more manageable pieces, not only can the structures be re-used, but they can also function as a catalyst in the creation of a new spatial identity for the edge. This modular approach provides flexibility in creating functional space, as well as a means of linking the coastline with the park. Using pieces of these ERCs, spatial nodes can be created along the coast: each with its own unique program and atmosphere. By linking these points along a common path system, a dynamic, linear space can be created along the coastal edge, encouraging user interaction with the lake and its shore.
Location: Semester: Instructor(s):
Willoughby, OH Fall 2013 Karen Lutsky
DIGESTIVE LANDSCAPES industrial + coastal edge
This project aims to convert a dormant coal plant into a thriving public place: one which “digests” industrial material, focuses on a healthy site ecology and acts as a catalyst for community re-vitalization in the region. By breaking down the site into spaces that are easily relatable and accessible at the human scale, contaminated industrial material is used as a driver of revitalization and interaction with the site by promoting a healthy landscape through material, social and ecological metabolic processes, thereby converting the Coal Plant into a Digestive Landscape. Using this “metabolized” industrial material, the site is transformed from a dirty, dormant relic of infrasturcture into a space that acts as a catalyst for community growth and engagement. This engagement is driven by the development of programmatic cores that provide the site with a sense of place and encourage community interaction by modifying and intensifying the existing landscape.
Location: Semester: Instructor(s):
Ashtabula, OH Fall 2013 Karen Lutsky
Digestive Landscapes: Ashtabula, OH
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DIGESTIVE LANDSCAPE
Material Metabolism
Social Metabolism
Boiler Coal Plant Transformers Jetty
Ecological Metabolism
RAILS AS CIRCULATION
SOIL REMEDIATION LANDFORM
Scenario 1
existing coal pile site heavily polluted soil
existing railroad track
excess coal at time of closing will be exported to other sites
existing coal unloading station and depositing “shoot” remove unnecessary material overlook structure established on top of contaminated material
Scenario 2 rail lines as means of path definition
rail lines as means of path definition
re-used brick from buildings
depressed walkway supported by re-used brick from site
soil + gravel path infill between elements
sunken linear movement provides a different spatial experience
elevated pathways from re-used “shoot” materials
contaminated topsoil from entire site is deposited under structure and capped
temporary vegetative growth after capping
additional contaminated material is deposited in layers.
final amount of fill is capped and permanent vegetative layer is established
BOILERS AS BIOFILTERS
BIOMASS POPLAR FOREST
impermeable baselayer Re-use existing pathways
coarse gravel filtration laver
To Wetland
Biomass poplar forest. 10’ x 10’ grid
coarse sand filtration layer
atrificial biofilter membrane
Placement of re-used industrial material on ground plane
sandy loam soil filtration layer
Systematic harvesting of trees. Wood either pulped of used for future pathways
Visitors Center “Courtyard” Coal Plant
Highline Visitors Center Visitors Center Entrance Existing Industrial Equipment
CORRIDORS + CONNECTIONS environmental planning
This project examines the potential for a wildlife corridor through the Magombera Forest, linking Selous Game Reserve and Udzungwa Mountains National Park. Magombera is a particularly fragile forest segment, home to the Udzungwa red and black/white colobus, among several other regionally endemic species. This stretch of land characterizes movement between the two identified areas and highlights the need for actual habitat connectivity. Human-wildlife conflicts (namely elephants) also pervade the area and continue to result in damaged crops. The case study determines the feasibility of a sustainable Magombera corridor that incorporates simplified design elements to generate ecotourism based revenue, but is unobtrusive enough to maintain an effective wildlife connection. A larger system then positions the Udzungwa Mountains National Park within a larger system of ecotourism. Five national parks and protected areas compose the structure for a new “southern circuit,� with particular emphasis placed on the fragile corridors that connect them. These areas are geographically close enough to be marketed together as a tourist experience. The concept serves as a biologic link, but also as an economic equalizer, aiming to bring more revenue to lesser-known parks such as the Udzungwa Mountains.
Location:
Mang’ula, Tanzania
Semester:
Summer 2012
Instructor(s):
Larry Gorenflo Brian Orland
SUITABILITY ANALYSIS
PROPOSED LAND USE
In order to determine which areas can support a renewed wildlife corridor, a suitability analysis was conducted.
After the completion of the suitability analysis, a swath of land was identified as being supportive of wildlife corridor establishment.
Information such as the location of existing forest patches, agricultural land and population centers were assigned values on a scale of 1 (-) to 3(+). These values were then layered, allowing for comparisons to be made and aiding in the determination of land to be used for a future wildlife corridor.
Our proposal identifies land which wil be minimally effected by agricultural displacement and proximity to population centers. The proposal calls for “arms� of adjacent, protected lands to be formed, eventually meeting in the middle of the parcel, effectively creating a singular, protected wildlife corridor which links the Magombera Forest and Udzungwa Mountains National Park.
Magombera Forest Walk
Kilombero and Mngeta Adventure Trails
SOUTHERN CIRCUIT BRANDING
FLEX: Facilitating a Green Energy Future large scale frameworks
Energy consumption is steadily increasing, coupled with a political drive to identify affordable domestic sources of energy has lead us to exploit our finite resources with little consideration for long-term economic and environmental sustainability. The extractable Natural Gas found within the Marcellus Shale deposit provides us with a unique opportunity to meet the energy needs but also provide a bridge to greater reliance on renewable energies. In the short-term, its economic, environmental, and social longevity is limited by the characteristics of finite resources. Natural gas cannot fulfill all our long-term energy demands, but it offers us a secure capital resource that other energy sources individually cannot. Single source energy production is not the solution to our long-term energy, social, economic, and environmental sustainability; however, the combination of energy sources within a flexible framework, offer the ability to solve the problems associated with our energy demands over the long term, through responsible planning, placement and implementation of Marcellus drilling within the future alternative energy landscape.
Location:
Central PA
Semester:
Fall 2012
Instructor(s):
Tim Murtha Brian Orland
INPUT
TRADITIONAL ENERGY Traditional energy systems are static, rigid, and unable to react timely in the market as demands increase and decrease. The result is blackouts, increased energy costs, and excess energy is often discarded useless and wasted.
INPUT
FLEXIBLE ENERGY Smart grids allow for the flexible generation and distribution of energy at various scales as the market demand increases and decreases
ENERGY SOURCES A graph showing the annual kw/h production vs costs of alternative energy sources (wind, solar, biomass) and natural gas. The light brown represents startup cost relative to cost per annum. l Wind Potential
l Solar Potential
BIOMASS This graph shows the annual kw/h production vs costs of bviable biomass energy sources. Many of the biomass crops currently utilized in america have a fairly low yield compaed to other available sources.
l Biomass Potential
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A visual model of the land conversion process. Marcellus is planned for and implemented on previously identified sites with alternative energy potential. Wells are drilled and fracked. Land and pipelines are reused for alternative energy development.
A phased implementation strategy for the Lake Mokoma watershed. Suitable lands for alternative energies were identified and drilled. These areas are then reclaimed for smart alternative development.
Conceptual “Energy Farm” land re-use
Visual Impact of Large Wind Turbine and Rapeseed Implementation
DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION Design skills are important to a Landscape Architect. However, the ability to draft plans/construction documents, grade and analyze stormwater, etc. are vital in order to implement these designs. This section focuses on the work i have completed throughout various design implementation courses throughout my time at Penn State. The first page focuses on construction documentation and materials as taught by professors Tim Baird, Barry Kew and Sean Burkholder. The second page of this section focuses on grading skills and site/ stormwater management as taught by professors Stuart Echols, Gary Kesler, Kelleann Foster and Tim Johnson. The final pages in this section feature work from planting design and implementation studios taught by professor Ken Tamminga.
Location:
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Instructor(s):
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CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
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1" 82
7'-9 1/4"
L4 5'
DECKING TIE (SINGLE)
WOODEN DECKING (2"x 4" TYP.)
2"
A B
L4
1
156째
2'-9"
#3 HORIZONTAL REBAR WEEP HOLE A
3'
3/4"
10-1/8"
1" 3'-114
3'-10"
8-5/8"
3/4"
AGGREGATE BASE (4")
4"
23 8" 93 8"
1/4" SPACING BETWEEN BEAM AND BRACKET 2"x 4" WOODEN BEAM 1/4" METAL BRACKET
POLISHED GRANITE CAP
6"
6" 1"
2"x 4" WOODEN DECKING (5' SPAN)
2"
1/2" DOWEL
COMPACTED SUBGRADE
3
PAVING DETAIL SCALE: 1" = 1' - 0"
SECTION
L3 SECTIONS / DETAILS
GRADING + STORMWATER
Natural Condition
Adjusted TOC Previous TOC Adjusted Natural Condition
Adjusted Natural Condition Storm Intensity
Due to that fact that the natural condition consists of a site covered with dense forest vegetation, the Overland Flow calculation portion of the Time of Concentration must be adjusted accordingly. The previous Time of Concentration was calculated to be approximately 18.33 minutes. However, after adjusting the input values for a densely vegetated landscape, the Overland Flow calculation rose from a value of 7.8 minutes to 35 minutes.
The newly adjusted T.O.C. value was input into the IDF graph, yielding a 10 year storm result of approximately 2.5 (I). Calculation: Adjusted To+Tsc+Tc Existing Condition
35+7.78+2.75 New T.O.C. = 45.53 minutes
Adjusted Existing and Proposed Condition Unlike the natural condition, the existing and proposed systems did not require any significant change in the Overland Flow calculations. This lack of change is due to the fact that the previously exiting conditions considered in exercise #2 are still relevant and nothing has changed. Due to this fact, the I value for the Q(cfs) calculation remains at 2.2.
Legend 0-5% Slope
Roofs
5-10% Slope
Concrete
10-20% Slope
Roads Proposed Condition
PLANTING DESIGN
ART + GRAPHIC DESIGN In addition to Landscape Architecture, I love to create in my free time. I have loved to draw since I can remember and have recently developed an affinity for graphic design. I enjoy to experiment in Illustrator and Photoshop, often focusing on personal branding, company branding/identity or sports uniform design/team branding.
The following examples have been included (starting from top-right): - My personal brand identity for Landscape Architecture and Graphic Design - Logo proposal for the Penn State Landscape Architecture Student Society - Proposed logo for Lancaster advertising start-up Miko - Proposed cover art for local musician “Air Drops� - Proposed identity system for The Arboretum at Penn State - Proposed visual identity for local start-up Acheev - Logo for start-up tech website fourcast.com - Pencil and Marker sketches - Abstract visualization in Illustrator - Penn State football desktop background/t-shirt design - Conceptual images for fantasy football teams (done by request) - Nike vector football template for uniform design (personal use only)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
CHRISTOPHER MAURER landscape architecture undergraduate portfolio 2014 http://cargocollective.com/chrismaurer