DALE BRADLEY
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
DALE BRADLEY SELECTED WORKS KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE CONTACT: 7612 MAPLE PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KANSAS 66208 913.907.0450. DDBRAD41@GMAIL.COM
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CONTENTS WACO PARK
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WYUKA PARK
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TRANSFORMING TRUMAN
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MASTER’S PROJECT
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NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY AND SKETCHES
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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WACO PARK Existing Elms
WICHITA, KS LAR 442: SITE PLANNING AND DESIGN STUDIO
Outdoor Restaurant Dining
Waco Park builds on the momentum of development in downtown Wichita by creating a unique destination along the Arkansas River. Waco Park will act as a way to increase the interest and use of the area as well as establish a connection to a district of popular museums
Natural Planting Swaths Sculpture Garden
across the river. Multiuse buildings along the street help to enhance the urban feeling of downtown by creating a defined urban edge. Waco Park helps to spark investment in the site as well as downtown Wichita by providing unique amenities such as a dog park, outdoor cafĂŠ, urban riverside park, and an iconic overhead viewing sculpture.
Keystone Sculptural Overhead
TOOLS: AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Pen and Marker Rendering, Watercolor and Colored Pencil Rendering.
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Rooftop Bar and Lounge
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WYUKA PARK CEMETERY LINCOLN, NE LAR 646: PLANTING DESIGN STUDIO & DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION I
Entry Plaza
Wyuka Park’s project objectives focus on creating a community gathering space in conjunction with cemetery proceedings. The organization of spaces help to support events of celebration and sorrow. The strategic planting design provides opportunities for people to experience a range of visual aesthetics which build on the variety of
Bioswale and Retention Area Drop Off Drive
sensual and emotional feelings and activities that will be taking place at Wyuka Park. Once established, the planting scheme is designed to reduce water runoff while requiring limited maintenance and irrigation. Prairie areas mimic the natural prairie which can be used as a tool for education, allowing people to understand how native planting can be stunning and sustainable. Wyuka Park builds community through celebration, tribute, and leisure.
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TOOLS: AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
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Bioswale Bioretention Area
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Water Feature Riparian Buffer
Park Pavilion Patio
Naturalized Prairie Area Shaded Lawn
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Swan House
The bloom chart demonstrates the relationship between bloom times and the plant’s respective colors. Other considerations for the planting
Shaded Lawn
palette include: scent, texture, ability to attract wildlife, maintenance requirements, accessibility, resilience, and natural and aesthetic value.
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The natural prairie area acts as a visual buffer between the pavilion and the cemetery while providing opportunities for the education of native plantings.
The entry plaza frames visitors’ views to the pavilion while creating a threshold that helps to form the main plaza space.
A technical grading plan and planting was created to detail Wyuka Park’s design. Creating these technical documents along side each other allows for careful planning of sustainable water management.
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TRANSFORMING TRUMAN
A linear park between the stadiums provides a unifying element through the city while offering people a place to relax, take breaks
KANSAS CITY, MO LAR 646: COMPLEX CATALYSTS
from work, or thrown around a football. The park acts as a way to help manage stormwater through bioretention and rain gardens, while giving people relief from the urban environment. Integrated
Transforming Truman is a visionary plan that proposes
within the park are tailgating amenities such as: grills, seating, and
utilizing the Truman Sports Complex as an anchor to
shade to allow people the opportunity to purchase food on site or
a new entertainment hub near downtown Kansas City.
enjoy the food and beverage trucks that line the park on game days.
The multi-use development is sited in context of the Truman Sports Complex, building off the current sporting culture to start an entertainment district that will evolve into a dense thriving urban environment over time. The increased population density would provide support for a more sustainable transportation system throughout Kansas City. Changing the way people “tailgate� to cater to the new transit system while providing smaller traditional tailgating parking lots throughout the area, Transforming Truman reinvents the sporting culture by integrating it into the urban environment. TOOLS: AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, GIS, and InDesign, Pen and Marker Rendering.
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Phase one development begins around the stadiums with sports related business while building a base of population. Phase two forms the linear park while developing further along the proposed transit route. The following phases further develop the residential areas while building out from the linear park and transit route.
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The plan helps convey the relationship between the proposed urban environment and the existing stadiums. A light rail
Transforming Truman Site Boundary
system is integrated through the two central main streets to help activate the businesses around the area while connecting the site to the surrounding region.
A regional scale diagram shows other proposed development by Complex Catalysts as well as the new public transit route to connect envisioned development to downtown Kansas City.
Adapted from diagram by Kraig Weber
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Residential Retail Mixed Use Green space Hydrology
Google can act as an anchor for a new business district while helping to build upon the high speed cables, Google Fiber, installed in the area.
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Connection to Future Development Over Pedestrian Oriented Bridge with Light Rail
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Arrowhead Stadium Pedestrian Path along Rock Island Corridor
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Connection to Blue River Through Natural Park
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MASTER’S PROJECT Planning for Wildlife: An Urban Planning and Design Exploration to Support Mexican Free-Tailed Bats Abstract: Anthropocentric disturbances are often the main driver behind the population decline of wildlife species. Bat species are of particular concern recently with large declines in populations worldwide. The conservation of bat species relies on knowledge about the relationship between species-specific needs and the effect urban environments have on individual species. Mexican Free-Tailed Bats (MFTBs) are listed on the IUCN Red List and play an important role in many ecosystems within the United States. Austin, Texas is home to the largest urban bat colony in the world, including MFTBs. Austin can continue to benefit from millions of dollars from ecotourism bat viewing sites and the natural control of insect populations provided by this species if urbanization does not cause a reduction in their population. The focus of this research is to develop a quantitative habitat suitability model for the MFTBs in urban areas to increase the understanding of possible MFTB habitat in the Austin Metropolitan area. A geographical information system was used to map the suitability of habitats for MFTBs in urban areas based off a typology for the needs of the species, which was created through a literature review of expert knowledge. This study will help to quantify the relationship between urban environments and the MFTBs, showing that urban areas in the Austin Metropolitan area are suitable for the species. A predictive model, like the one described here, can act as a crucial assessment and planning tool for bat conservation by helping to eliminate challenges of tracking populations or identifying bats during nocturnal activities.
The suitability model was built off individual landscape elements relationship with Mexican Free-Tailed
This model informs the proposal of planning and design policy changes in Austin, Texas to better support MFTB’s habitat needs. Adjustments to current site plans in Austin are explored understand the effect the proposed MFTB planning policies could have on current development while exploring the application of the MFTB typology at a site scale. Application of the understanding created through habitat-suitability modelling helps to visualize how current projects in Austin, Texas can better support MFTBs to create an understanding of how these policies may affect the development of urban environments. 14
Bats. The combined analysis creates an understanding of the landscapes suitability for the species. From the top the layers in the analysis are edge density, foraging preferences, building height, distance to highways, distance to water, and roost density.
Austin Metropolitan Area Mexican Free-Tailed Bat Suitability
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The suitability findings were compared to the landscape
The planning policies that will help Austin, Texas better
composition, water location, and existing connectivity to find
support Mexican Free-Tailed Bats habitat needs.
patterns to support Mexican Free-Tailed Bats through planning policies. This analysis informed the following planning policies to help support Mexican Free-Tailed Bats:
Application of these policies on multiple projects in the Austin area will help to provide support for future projects to support Mexican Free-Tailed Bats.
Policy 1: Open Space Character
Application of the planning policies to a current project in
Policy 2: Connectivity
Austin, Texas helps to visualize how the policies can be
Policy 3: Waterfront
applied to real projects.
Policy 4: Environmental Resources Policy 5: Maintaining Vegetation
The diagrams below show how the planning policies
Policy 6: Street Easements
can help to increase connectivity in and through the
Policy 7: Highways Connectivity Disruption Mitigation
site while helping to provide space for more quality
Policy 8: High Density Urban Development
foraging opportunities.
Proposed Development Connectivity
Changes to Proposed Development Connectivity Legend
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Proposed Continuous Corridors
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NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY AND SKETCHING LAR 648: WORLD OF NIGHT
World of Night, a specialization studio, allowed me to explore lighting and design with a focus on the nighttime experience. Utilization of a DSLR camera in low light was an important skill learned in World of Night. Examples of some night photography can be seen to the right. This experience helped me develop techniques for best displaying build or natural mediums. Also, exploring design with a heavy focus on the nighttime experience helped to broaden my understanding of how people use and feel in different spaces. Sketching is an important skill for conveying information as well as a way to explore a new place or site. Being able to quickly sketch something is one of the most important skills that help me to work with others and communicate design decisions quickly and easily. Two examples of on site sketches can be seen to the far right.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE POPULOUS - INTERNSHIP KANSAS CITY, MO My internship at Populous gave me experience working as a part of an multidisciplinary team on a range of stadium, arena and entertainment based planning and design projects. I got experience working with all parts of a project from early concept development through construction documentation. I was resposible for creating and rendering designs and diagrams needed for client meetings and presentations. My internship improved my communication and coordination skills. This experience also let me build a strong base of technical and design knowledge. TOOLS: AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Pen and Marker Rendering, Sketchup, and Excel. Above (2): Las Vegas Arena - Project Involvement: My role on this project involved site design, Sketchup modeling, renderings, client presentation meeting preparation, meeting LEED requirements for site , and construction documentation.
Below (2): Atlanta Braves Ballpark - Project Involvement: My role on this project involved concept development, design development, client presentation meeting preparation, renderings, and design documentation.
* All images on this page owned by and courtesy of Populous.
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TODD & ASSOCIATES, INC. - PROJECT DESIGNER PHOENIX, AZ Todd & Associates, Inc. gave me experience working as a part of a multidisciplinary team to create multifamily residential development, conference/hospitality resort development, and a range of campus site plans and designs. An emphasis on the human experience was placed on many of our projects as we sought to capture specific moods in both our graphic and built work. I was resposible for designing and detailing projects, creating renderings and other client presentation resources, and cooridnating with the head Landscape Architect on city drawing and review submittals. This experience allowed me to broaden my understanding of technical documentation while providing me experience working on a range of project types and scales. TOOLS: AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Pen and Marker Rendering, Sketchup, Word, and Excel. Above (2): Sagewood Retirement Community - Project Involvement: My role on this project involved concept development, site design, Sketchup modeling, renderings, client presentation meeting preparation , design documentation, and construction documentation.
Below (2): NAU Hilltop Townhomes - Project Involvement: My role on this project involved concept development, design development, client presentation meeting preparation, and construction documentation.
* All images on this page owned by and courtesy of Todd & Associates.
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DALE BRADLEY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION CONTACT: 7612 MAPLE PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KANSAS 66208 913.907.0450. DDBRAD41@GMAIL.COM