Connor Kane The Pennsylvania State University Landscape Architecture 2017 Portfolio
C O N N O R Connor Kane 6305 Jack St. Finleyville, PA. 15332 ckane923@gmail.com
The Pennsylvania State University Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Minor in Art History [Class of 2017]
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CONTENT 01 FLUIDITY OF TIME AND SPACE 02 LIEPAJA
07 LANDSCAPE GRADING 08 SITE INVENTORY
03 SEED URBANISM
09 ARTWORK
04 SERENITY
10 PHOTOGRAPHY
05 NOMADIC INTERFACE 06 CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
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FLUIDITY OF SPACE AND TIME
Design Intent: In the words of Rebecca Krinke “A highly ordered and selected view of nature.. Bounded and restricted view, encourage a reflective mood.” My design is a minimalistic approach to visually represent a person’s typical day on campus with contrasting ideas, my design uses strategic and intentional use of contours and a secluded central space. The design will explore the ideas of time and movement and the difference in mundane expectation. All of these ideas define my space and ultimately enhance the visitor’s experience.
INSPIRATIONAL SKETCHES
Sketch of a ground plane centrally swallowed
Sketch of a spider web
Sketch of a the idea of mass contorting a ground plane
EXPERIENTIAL PERSPECTIVES AND MODEL PHOTOGRAPHS
02
LIEPAJA
Historically, health tourism has benefited both locals and tourists and served as a significant part of the city’s development. Nevertheless, Liepaja has never taken full advantage of the health tourism potential of their natural resource and health resort heritage. Currently Liepaja and the surrounding region have a lack of contemporary relaxation and recreational options. Liepaja has natural hot springs that could be utilized to serve this potential health tourism movement in Europe. The design implemented conserved and preserved the natural ecosystem before development. The result is a contemporary design on the banks of the Baltic Sea set among beautiful Pines and Sycamores.
03
SEED URBANISM
Smart growth is a technique used in urban planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth into a compact and dense urban zone to avoid sprawl; combing smart growth with an idea I call “Seed Urbanism”. Seed Urbanism would combine a more robust riparian buffer, growing a stronger community, and relating it all through urban agriculture. The Seed Urbanism and smart growth techniques also promote other forms of environmentally conscious efforts. For example, in this model a city would be more walkable and have a more mixed use street.
CONTEXT OF BELLEFONTE UNITED STATES
17 % 5%
Impervious Land Cover Vacant Land Cover
PENNSYLVANIA
15 % Impervious Land Cover Land 7 % Vacant Cover
CENTRE COUNTY
11 % 6%
I Impervious i Land Cover Vacant Land Cover
SPRING CREEK WATERSHED
12 % Impervious Land Cover 6 % Vacant Land Cover
SUITABILITY OVERLAY OF BELLEFONTE
A way to design a more compact and environmentally friendly Bellefonte would be through the idea of Urban Agriculture. The design and plan I would initiate would be multi-faceted and create a stronger community, be more ecologically friendly, and lead to growth in Bellefonte by using Urban Agriculture.
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47 % Impervious Land Cover 27 % Vacant Land Cover
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WORST
0.5
1 Miles
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IDEAL
Smart growth values long range and regional considerations of sustainability. In Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, within the Spring Creek Watershed the planning theory of smart growth and Seed Urbanism design would create a more sustainable and well developed city, one that did not continue to degrade the environment.
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SERENITY
Design Intent: A mysterious approach through a woody oldfield, that leads to a meandering journey through intensely intimate tunnel of overhead vines. The narrowing of space 1 immediately opens up into an expansive meadow, with breath-taking views of Mount Nittany. Space 2 immediately invites the visitor to relax and take in the view, underneath the shade of sugar maples. Space 3 allows one to enjoy seclusion and serenity with its quiet and delightful culmination of the design.
Space 1
Space 2
Space 3
MODEL PHOTOGRAPHS
PERSPECTIVE SKETCHES
Photo of Space 1 Sketch of Space 1 Threshold
Photo of Space 2
Photo of Space 3
Sketch of Space 2
Sketch of Space 3
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NOMADIC INTERFACE
In Collaboration with Andrea Mccullough
In 2045, we are nomads. In the face of suburban sprawl, ecological collapse, and social upheaval, we band together in the spirit of the hunter-gatherers of old. Collaborative production, comprehensive mutualism, and habitat diversity create strategies to sustain a contemporary community. On site, multi-generational users inhabit a flock of micro-dwellings. Nomadic Interface rewrites the spatial experience according to productive opportunities, ecological stimuli, and social confluences temporally-placed on site. Permacultural practices established a sustainable food-producing community. Cultural festivals inspire identity while creating commercial exchanges that promote economic growth. Solar arrays and meadow matrices promote ecological diversity while creating recreational public spaces. On the community level, the Nomadic Interface model develops mutualistic relationships. Outsiders enter the site for recreational and commercial uses while inhabitants exit to make economic contributions, all via emerging transportation technologies. The site becomes Neo-Eden, earth once more the garden teeming with life, reaching out into the tortured landscape to create healing opportunities.
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CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS Notes: -See Grading Plan on L-1 for spot elevations and drainage. -Seating Walls have a Sandstone capstone w/ a 2" overhang, which overhangs CIP Concrete Below -Stairs meet Existing grades at TOS and BOS, see Grading Plan on L-1.
Existing Classroom Building
3 L-4
Aluminum Railing w/ 2" Diameter Refer to Detail Lawn 1'-6"
Edge of Paving.
Expansion Joint w/ Sealant
2'
3'-6"
Edge of Paving Existing Concrete StairsSeven 6" Risers Eight 15" Treads
1'-6"
10'-0"
Lawn
1 L-3
5'-0"
Existing Concrete Landing Type II, Broom Finish 3,500 PSI
1'-3"
5'-0"
Edge of Paving
Seating Wall, 1'-6" in height
CIP Concrete Pavers
Sandstone Capstone w/ 1" Scored edge typ. See #5 on L-4
1" Sandstone Joint w/ Expansion Joint Sandswept Butt Joint
31'-0"
Sandswept Herringbone Bond Brick Sx, Type II See #10 on L-4
Sandswept Herringbone Bond Brick Sx, Type II See #10 on L-4 Lawn
2 L-4
2'
Sandswept Running Bond Brick Sx, Type II Sandswept Butt Joint
2'
3'-6"
1'-6"
Expansion Joint w/ Sealant 6'-0"
1'-6"
Lawn Existing Campus Walkway 26'-4"
1
1 L-4
35'-0"
7 L-4
Meet Flush w/ Existing Walk, See L-1 for Spot Elevations 1'-6" Lawn 23'-0"
10'-0"
Proposed Entry Plaza 1/4"= 1'-0"
0' 1' 2'
4'
8'
Stairs
Aluminum Railing w/ 2" Diameter
CIP Concrete Pavement Horizontal and Vertical #3 Y Rebar 6" OC
9"
CIP Concrete Stairs w/ Broom Finish, 3000 PSI 7 6" Risers, 8 15" Treads
5"
3 L-2
CIP Concrete Walk, Broom Finish, 3000 PSI Compacted Aggregate Base Compacted Subgrade
8"
4"
3'-6"
8"
1% Wash
1'-8"
6"
4
Stair Joining Existing Pavement Detail 1"= 1'-0"
0'
1'
2'
CIP Reinforced Concrete Footer 3' Frost Depth
9'-10"
Aluminum Railing w/ 2" Diameter
6"
Stair Section
Aluminum Cap 1" Grout
1/2"= 1'-0"
0'
1'
4'
2'
1 2"
1
1"
6"
5
Dowel Rod and Anchor Pin Sandstone Capstone Copper Flashing
8"
1'
2'
8'-9"
1'
Tread 1'-3" typ.
PVC Perforated Drainage Pipe
2"
1" Nosing
6"
CIP Concrete Footing 2'-2"
2
0'
Riser 6" typ.
1'-0" 2'-11"
1'-2"
8"
1"= 1'-0"
10'-9"
Brick Wall Refer to #5 on L-4 Reinforced CIP Concrete 3' Frost Depth
1'-8"
1'-6" 4" 2"
2"
Railing Support Detail
Compacted Aggregate Base Compacted Subgrade
Wall and Pavement Section 1/2"= 1'-0"
0'
1'
2'
4'
3
Aluminum Stair Railing Section 1/2"= 1'-0"
0'
1'
2'
4'
6
Tread and Riser Stair Detail 1"= 1'-0" Notes: -Stairs have a 1% wash
0'
1'
2'
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LANDSCAPE GRADING (1 0)
Existing Trees
Door FFE 10.50 (10.50)
1.50%
(9)
BW 10.28
TW 10.78
3.41%
TS 10.13
Stairs 6 Risers at 4" 7 Treads at 18" BS 8.13
BW 8.13
BW 8.13
TW 10.78 BW 8.13
2.50%
(7)
BS 8.13
8.00%
10.13
Wall
BW 10.13
TW 10.78 BW 8.13
BW 10.13 10.13
Ramp
BW 8.13
(6)
TW 10.78
BW 10.13
Wall
TW 10.78
10.50
Door
TW 9.25
2.36% DI 9.63
TW 10.78 BW 8.13
BW 8.13 BW 8.13
10.20
Paved Terrace TS 10.13
(8)
10.28
TW 10.78
Wall
Lawn
Existing Tree Planter
BW 10.28
BW 10.28 BW 10.28
1.50% 10.13 BW 10.13
10.50
BW 8.13
FFE 10.50
1.50%
(5)
Lawn 10
(4)
DI 7.68 BW 7.68
BW 8.13
Sitting Wall
TW 9.25
TW 9.25
BW 8.13
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(3)
10 .5 3%
BW 4.84
Existing Trees ) (9
) (8
) (7
) (6
) (5
) (4
(3)
(131)
) 30 (1
LP 13 S 0.7 0
(135) ) (136
2 13 2.0 6%
132 .30
132 .30
4.2 9%
132 .50
132 .50
E1 33. 00
FF
3.35%
132 .25 132 .37 5 132 . 132 275 132 .275 .37 5
132 .50
20.0 0%
12 9
132 .12
132 .50
10.0 0%
132 .50
3.1 3%
(13 5)
(13 4)
1 13
8 12
13 2.5 0
(13 6)
FFE 133.00
25 .00 %
128
House
% 2.00
2 13
132 .50
Roa d
(1 37 )
0% 12.0
3 13
132 .27 5
2.0 0%
Side Walk
Porch
FFE 132.50
4 13
) 27 (1
20.0 0%
S HP 2.08 13
Garage
132 .50
132 .00
) 28 (1
2.5 0%
7) (13
2.5 0%
4 13
(128.50)
3 13
MA 11.6 X 7%
(1 26 )
) (134
(133)
(132)
1 13
) 29 (1
(129.30) Driveway
(13 3) Wood Deck
(13 2)
(126)
13 0
(13 1)
) (127 8) (12
LPS 129.20
(13 0) SCALE: 1" = 20' - 0" 10
(12 9)
5
0
10
20
NORTH
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SITE INVENTORY- CEDAR RIVER WATERSHED
Multipurpose Room
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Heritage Library
Rock Ledge Amphitheater
Exhibition Room
2
Heritage Court
3 Welcome Room
Auditorium
Meeting Room
Entry Court
Forest Court
Restrooms
Parking Lot Service Area
Legend:
Paved Surface
Outdoor space
Vegetative Barrier
Building
Storm-water Education
Views
Pedestrian Circulation
EDUCATION CENTER SITE 3
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Perspective into the site from a forest trail Seen in the sketch is Rattlesnake Mountain in the background and the educational center in the foreground. Showing the integration of the site into the natural environment. Also, the sketch shows the green roofs on most of the structures.
Perspective of Runnel This sketch shows how water is taken from the green roofs after being cleansed and purified and let into the watershed. The site uses a runnel to collect and transport this water.
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Perspective of trails The beauty of the site are the trails and the ability to let the visitor experience and learn about the watershed without destruction of the environment.
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ARTWORK
My artwork is a collection of moments, throughout my life that I have passionately represented. From the Beaches of Maryland, to the Bridges of Pittsburgh. I often combine realism with abstract overlays to create unique and creative works.
Vacation Home
Thomas Point Lighthouse
West-End Bridge
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PHOTOGRAPHY
I often dream of waking up early, morning dew immersing me in the foggy woods as I await to capture the oncoming sunset in Yellowstone National Park. I do this because photography is my love and passion. Capturing a moment, evoking an almost spiritual connection with someone as they gaze at your photograph is just one part of photography that makes it more than a hobby. For me the moment I capture an ethereal scene is where I am truly living and loving life; whether it’s a bride’s tears of joy experiencing her first married kiss or just my own satisfaction as I lie in those dewy woods alone, I want my old buddy hanging around my neck in those moments.
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K A N E Connor Kane 6305 Jack St. Finleyville, PA. 15332 ckane923@gmail.com
The Pennsylvania State University Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Minor in Art History [Class of 2017]