Devyn Quick Landscape Architecture Portfolio 2022

DEVYN MICHELLE QUICK

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO selected works | 2022

CITY OF DETROIT CLARK PARK

Master Plan Celebrating Neighborhood’s Cultural Diversity

DOWNTOWN FERNDALE PLANNING

Possibilities Plan for Ferndale’s Public Spaces

PARADISE VALLEY

Master Plan for a Commemorative Cultural and Entertainment District

CITY OF FERNDALE GEARY PARK

Master Plan for an Artful Destination Park

WSU HILBERRY GATEWAY THEATRE

Site Design for a New Performing Arts Complex

PROFESSIONAL WORK

CITY OF DETROIT CLARK PARK

Master Plan Celebrating Neighborhood’s Cultural Diversity

client City of Detroit, General Services Department

location

Detroit, Michigan

role Lead Designer status Phase I Under Construction

Supported by the City of Detroit’s Strategic Neighborhood Fund, more than $2 million in investments were allocated toward improving Clark Park. The goal was to create a shared vision for its future, both for immediate improvements as well as long-term planning.

Using a robust community and stakeholder engagement process, the park’s first official master plan was developed illustrating a public park that was no longer a series of disconnected spaces, but a cohesive design promoting both active and passive recreational opportunities, gathering spaces to celebrate the neighborhood’s cultural diversity, previously shuttered historic buildings reimagined as public assets, and a planting and maintenance strategy promoting tree health and natural landscapes.

PARK MASTER PLAN

CLARK

VIEW OF PLAYGROUND AREA

SOLAR CHARGING STATION, MANUF. INSTRUCTIONS

PLAYGROUND AREA, 2-5 AGE GROUP

116813 LARGE TIMBER HOUSE, INSTALL PER MANUF. INSTRUCTIONS

1 L700 PLAY EQUIPMENT FALL ZONE, REFER TO MANUF. INSTRUCTIONS, TYP.

116813 BOARDWALK WITH TRANSFER SYSTEM, INSTALL PER MANUF. INSTRUCTIONS

116813 LOP-EARED RABBIT STONE, INSTALL PER MANUF. INSTRUCTIONS

3 L801 SAND SURFACING AT CONCRETE HEADER

NOTES

116813 SMALL TURTLE STONE, INSTALL PER MANUF. INSTRUCTIONS

116813 LARGE TURTLE STONE, INSTALL PER MANUF. INSTRUCTIONS

12 L801 PLAY AREA ACCESS RAMP

116813 SMALL TIMBER HOUSE, INSTALL PER MANUF. INSTRUCTIONS

4 L801 SAND SURFACING AT CONCRETE PAVEMENT

4 L802 BOULDER SET IN EDGE OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT, TYP.

3 L802 BOULDER SET IN GRADE

KEYED

1. PROVIDE WHEREVER CURB, PLANTER SEE BOULDER

MULTI-USE COURTS DETAILS

1. SELECTION OF BOULDERS TO BE APPROVED BY ARCHITECT, SEE SPECS

2. BOULDERS TO BE LOCATED IN AREAS AS SHOWN IN PLANS AND APPROVED ON SITE BY ARCHITECT

3. CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING NUMBER AS REPRESENTED IN PLANS AND BOULDER SCHEDULE

NOTES: 1. SELECTION OF BOULDERS TO BE APPROVED BY ARCHITECT, SEE SPECS

2. BOULDERS TO BE LOCATED IN AREAS AS SHOWN IN PLANS AND APPROVED ON SITE BY ARCHITECT 3. CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING NUMBER AS REPRESENTED IN PLANS AND BOULDER SCHEDULE

DOWNTOWN FERNDALE PLANNING

Possibilities Plan for Ferndale’s Public Spaces

client Ferndale DDA

location

Ferndale, Michigan

role Lead Designer

status Completed

The Downtown Ferndale Possibilities Plan was designed to create better informed discussion, generate ideas, and help people visualize possibilities for Ferndale’s public spaces. The Plan begins with a complete understanding of downtown through a parcel-by-parcel investigation, as well as an extensive inventory of all capital assets. It then uses this information along with stakeholder input to imagine downtown’s full potential and envision its future in both the near- and longterm. Deeply rooted in providing a cutting edge downtown experience, the Plan also aligns with the City’s Master Land Use Plan to assure the continued harmonious development throughout the downtown district and Ferndale as a whole.

As a result, a set of ideas was crafted envisioning the future of Downtown Ferndale. These ideas include both conventional improvements that could be attained in the near-term as well as some big “what-if” concepts to push the long-term vision of downtown even further.

VIEW OF BRECKENRIDGE-TO-TROY PEDESTRIAN ALLEY

VIEW OF WITHINGTON SHARED STREET

VIEW OF LIVERNOIS RECONNECTION

EXAMPLE OF PROPOSED ‘POSSIBILITIES’ PROJECT

C. BRECKENRIDGE-TO-TROY PEDESTRIAN ALLEY |

RENDERING

C. BRECKENRIDGE-TO-TROY PEDESTRIAN ALLEY | PRECEDENT IMAGERY

EXAMPLE OF PROPOSED ‘POSSIBILITIES’ PROJECT

PARADISE VALLEY

Master Plan for a Commemorative Cultural and Entertainment District

client Paradise Valley Conservancy

location

Detroit, Michigan

role Designer status In Progress

Recognized nationally for its extensive black owned businesses and world class entertainment, the original Paradise Valley district became a victim of urban renewal and the subsequent construction of I-375 in the early 1960’s which resulted in the demolition of nearly the entire community. Since then, the Paradise Valley Conservancy has been formed, seeking to establish a new hub for African American arts and culture in a designated commemorative district. The vision is for a pedestrian-centric entertainment hub centered on Harmonie Park, in support of the Conservancy’s goal of enhancing and amplifying the culturally rich and dynamic character of Paradise Valley as a high-quality entertainment destination. The reinvigorated district features shared streets and a renovated park that will support recreational, educational and cultural opportunities for the public.

PARADISE VALLEY HISTORIC LIMITS

DEGC PARADISE VALLEY COMMEMORATIVE DISTRICT

COMMEMORATIVE DISTRICT LOCATION MAP

RANDOLPHST

MADISONAVE

BRUSHST

PARADISE VALLEY MASTER PLAN

CITY OF FERNDALE GEARY PARK

client City of Ferndale, Parks and Recreation Department

Ferndale, Michigan

role Lead Designer

status Phase 1 Constructed

One of the largest parks in Ferndale’s park system, Geary Park is a well loved park with numerous disconnected and dated program elements. Critically, the park lacks paved pathways providing accessible connections to and between program elements. In addition to serving the local neighborhood and larger community, Geary is an afternoon destination for many middle and high school students.

Envisioning a new future for the City of Ferndale’s park systems, HAA’s resultant master plan transforms Geary Park into an artful, cohesive destination. Incorporating activities for all ages and abilities, park components include a fitness area, sports fields, basketball courts, and updated play equipment, connected by accessible pathways. With the goal of providing unique programming not found elsewhere in the area, and utilizing its proximity to the City’s downtown, this design solution also includes a state-of-the-art skate park and a flexible gathering space for hosting community events, entertainment, and markets. This design solution not only provides active and passive recreational opportunities, as well as educational and cultural experiences, it also provides sustainable solutions throughout the park using stormwater management and native plantings.

GEARY PARK MASTER PLAN

VIEW OF PROPOSED PLAZA AREA

Graphic by others

WSU HILBERRY GATEWAY THEATRE

Site Design for a New Performing Arts Complex

client Wayne State University

location

Detroit, Michigan

role Designer status Under Construction

Since 1963, the Hilberry Theatre at Wayne State University in Midtown Detroit has featured more than 5,600 performances for more than 2 million patrons. To meet its growing demand, a $65 million development seeks to restore and expand the Hilberry Theatre and create a new performing arts complex.

The new integrated complex includes the renovation of the current Hilberry Theatre and the creation of a large addition for a state-of-the-art venue for theatre, music, dance, and artsrelated events. The new facility will feature a full-thrust stage with appropriate wing space for the Hilberry to pursue more complicated productions and smoothly transition between productions. Adjoining scenic, scenic art, and costume studios, as well as scenery storage areas, will be constructed. A modern café, a patron lounge, and a gallery showcasing the history of the Hilberry program will also provide space for guests to socialize. The site design focuses on creating public spaces reflective of the performing arts complex’s new vision, thus creating opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to interact formally and informally and to navigate campus efficiently.

VIEW OF GATEWAY MAIN ENTRANCE

VIEW OF GATEWAY AND HILBERRY CONNECTION

SITE SECTIONS FROM CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

SITE SECTIONS FROM CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE REHABILITATION

Re-Imagining the Future of Decommissioned Coal-Fired Power Plants

DISTRICT HILL CEMETERY

Historical African-American Cemetery Restoration

ATHENS CITY HALL PLAZA

Beaux-Arts-Inspired Design for Downtown City Block

FOUR TOWERS VISITORS CENTER

Conceptual Designs for New Entrance and Main Plaza

GRADUATE SCHOOL

INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE REHABILITATION

Re-Imagining the Future of Decommissioned Coal-Fired Power Plants

date site location

Fall 2017 — Spring 2018

Three coal-fired power plants located along the Lake Huron–Lake Erie corridor, ranging from 80 to 250 acres in size, scheduled to be decommissioned in 2023.

Across the nation, modernizing pollution controls and less expensive alternative energy resources have led to the decommissioning of more than half of the United States’ coal-fired power plants in recent years. While this shift in infrastructure and electricity generation has potentially transformative repercussions in the form of emergent landscapes, once closed, a majority of these facilities are often left abandoned for decades.

To create a new trajectory for the future of decommissioned coal-fired power plants, this research integrates ecological design with standard decommissioning activities to improve the closure-to-restoration process and enhance future recovery efforts. Three study sites are used to validate the research by transforming them into hybrid landscapes through phased implementation design plans. The results facilitate increased discussion on identifying early interventions for restoration and designing multifunctional, hybrid landscapes on industrial, urban forms by providing the field with new strategies that better integrate utility companies, communities, ecologists, and designers, and promote rehabilitated industrial landscapes.

LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

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landscape

FLOODPLAIN

HABITAT NATURAL RIDGES

SHORELINE

SOILS

SYSTEMS

TOPOGRAPHY VEGETATION

PRIMARY FUNCTION

Is decommissioning scheduled?

YES

ACCESSIBILITY AMENITIES

CULTURAL DEMOGRAPHICS DENSITY

ECONOMY HISTORY

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LAND-USE LAND VALUE CONTAMINATION DISPOSAL INACTIVE LAND INFRASTRUCTURE RESTRICTED USE STORAGE

Is contamination present?

... for closing coal ash basins

... for soil decontamination

... for shoreline stabilization

NEW ECOLOGIES

... of soil, air, and groundwater

Are ecosystem functions intact? NO

... of vegetation and wildlife

Is it accessible to the community?

1. SITE + LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS

2. TYPOLOGIES SELECTION

SOIL REMEDIATION GROUNDWATER AIR QUALITY STORMWATER

DIVERSIFY RESTORE ESTABLISH PROMOTE

... of human activity and use

... of stewardship and education

... of renewable energy

ADAPTIVE ENGAGE HARVEST NEW DEVELOPMENT

Figure 4.10. Transformation of coal-fired power

TRANSFORMING COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS

PREVIOUS PROCESS NEW OUTCOMES

DEWATER, EXCAVATE ASH, GRADE, IMPORT NEW FILL.

REMOVE SOIL 3 FT BELOW GRADE, IMPORT NEW FILL.

DEMOLISH STRUCTURES, INSTALL SHEET PILE.

ACTIVITIES

SOIL REMEDIATION GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STORMWATER MITIGATION

INTERVENTIONS

DEWATER, EXCAVATE, REGRADE, DO NOT FILL.

REMOVE SOIL 1 FT BELOW GRADE, DO NOT FILL.

DEMOLISH STRUCTURES, DO NOT USE SHEET PILE.

TRANSFORM AREA INTO LOWLAND HABITAT.

CLEAN IN SITU USING PHYTOREMEDIATION.

STABILIZE USING SOFT ENGINEERING APPROACH.

1.

DIVERSIFY WILDLIFE RESTORE NATIVE VEGETATION ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS PROMOTE SUCCESSION

2. SOCIAL BENEFITS

ADAPTIVE REUSE ENGAGE COMMUNITY HARVEST ENERGY NEW DEVELOPMENT

3. ECONOMIC BENEFITS

DECOMMISSIONING INTERVENTIONS

COAL

To restore wetlands, instead of importing extensive fill after the soil removal process that is standard during decontamination, the site capitalizes on the soil removal by restoring hydrologic conditions.

MATURE GROWTH

INITIAL GROWTH

FOREST RESTORATION

BIOFUEL

To restore upland areas, mass plantings of hybrid poplars (Populus deltoids x Populus nigra) remove heavy metals and are harvested for biofuel, or double as pioneer species for forest restoration.

PRIMARY HABITATS + WILDLIFE

NATIVE MATERIAL

HARDENED SHORELINE

COAL ASH BASIN

RIP-RAP

Instead of installing the prescribed sheet piling after demolition, soft engineering techniques restore natural habitats and reduce the amount of hardened shorelines in the corridor.

NEW TILLED LAYER

INDIAN MUSTARD

SUNFLOWERS

STRUCTURAL FILL

To improve areas impacted by structural fill, strip cropping supplements the soil decontamination process by increasing the organic matter of the soil as the crops are tilled into the ground each season.

GREAT LAKES COASTAL MARSH

TRENTON CHANNEL POWER PLANT

LONG-TERM MASTER PLAN

The design approach for Trenton Channel Power Plant was to restore historic Great Lakes coastal marsh and oak-hickory forest across much of the site. Adaptive reuse was also used on this site as the main powerhouse and secondary buildings featured a red brick facade from the original 1920s construction, providing an architectural quality that is not present on the other two sites.

LONG-TERM MASTER PLAN

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Submergent marsh Emergent marsh Southern wet meadow Lakeplain prairie Fish spawning habitat Naturalized shoreline Shrub swamp

14-acre solar park Railyard park Boardwalk and overlooks 10

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5 8 7

The area around the River Rouge Power Plant is dominated by the use fossil fuels, so the design approach for this site was to create a contrasting landscape that promotes green energy and habitat restoration. This also doubles as an educational area for the local community, demonstrating an alternative to their heavily industrialized surroundings.

RIVER ROUGE POWER PLANT

ST. CLAIR POWER PLANT

LONG-TERM MASTER PLAN

Due to the size of the St. Clair Power Plant site, this design approach was able to restore approximately 200 acres of the corridor’s historic beech-sugar maple forest. It was also able to provide opportunities for the community to diversify their economy and promote green industries through a closed-system aquaculture facility that uses decontaminated coal ash basins and solar energy.

DISTRICT HILL CEMETERY

Historical African-American Cemetery Restoration

date site location

Fall 2017

Chickamauga, Georgia

1-acre historical African-American burial grounds on the south side of Chickamauga, Georgia, with over onehundred unmarked burials.

Chickamauga is home to the second deadliest battle in the Civil War, yet just outside this battlefield town lies District Hill Cemetery. Deeded to the community in 1899, this AfricanAmerican cemetery was used regularly by the public until the late 1940s, after which it became overgrown as graves were seldom tended and many of its headstones were destroyed or stolen. Today, all that remains is a worn wrought iron fence and less than a dozen grave markers.

Previously part of the Gordon Lee plantation, legal documents from the era indicate that prior to becoming a public cemetery, hundreds of slaves were buried at the site in unmarked graves. While their exact location is impossible to determine, recent ground-penetrating radar has positively identified roughly 130 unmarked graves of those buried after 1900.

Using minimal design and staying true to the natural characteristics of the site, the goal of this project was to restore the cemetery to a state of dignity for those interred, both known and unknown, and to create opportunities of storytelling for those who might visit to pay respects or to learn of its deep connection to the area’s history.

SITE EVOLUTION

MONUMENT DEVELOPMENT

Using materials of the region, white marble and terracotta marble were chosen as white seashells, symbols of immortality and water, were often left on African-American burial sites, along with a variety of other white objects, while the longest recorded tradition of sculpture in West Africa is figures modeled in terracotta.

NEW MARKERS

White marble

Placed in ground 7” round, 5.5” deep Collects rainwater

LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT

Working with nature, this design integrates the mowing schedule with the seasonal changes at the site. As the mowing patterns shift throughout the year, design elements are revealed or become hidden creating unique experiences for the visitors.

LATE WINTER EARLY SPRING

Site is bush-hogged in early January as part of the regular maintenance that occurs on the rest of the farm.

Early spring narcissus bulbs, planted in honor of those buried here, are the first to bloom in February.

PARCEL LINES

CATTLE FENCE 10 feet from mowed edge

GRAVEL PATH & ROAD Decomposed granite track

COVE ROAD ENTRANCE

Once vegetation begins to grow in late March, the cemetery is mowed every three weeks to the new mow line.

In the fall, mowing ceases except along the path creating sustenance for wildlife before and during winter.

RESTORED FAMILY PLOT Limestone curbing

PILLARS

Corner markers of historic 1-acre cemetery plot

NEW MOW LINE

Contemporary boundary that incorporates graves beyond historic boundary

ATHENS CITY HALL PLAZA

Beaux-Arts-Inspired Design for Downtown City Block

date site location

Spring 2017

Athens, Georgia

City block and the surrounding streetscape that hosts several Athens-Clarke County government buildings in the downtown area.

This design was tasked with converting the site into a desirable and interactive public space for user groups of all ranges. To accomplish this task, design concepts focused on using formal elements with a modern twist to acknowledge the Beaux-Arts architecture of the building and represent the changing character of the town’s residents. Hierarchy of spaces was also an important organizing element and, using a deconstructed hexagon, created large, symmetrical spaces that became more fragmented and irregular as they extended towards the edges of the site developing more personal, intimate spaces that pull users into the site.

The final design resulted from designing character spaces, creating site accessibility, utilizing local arts, and borrowing from the natural colors and textures found in the Georgia Piedmont.

TERRACED ALL É E + NEW CHARACTER SPACE

FRAGMENTED GEOMETRY

ORTHOGONAL ACCESS

MEADOW PLANTERS + LIGHTED ALLEYWAY

CHARACTER “ROOMS”

SYMMETRY + BALANCE

Groundcover

Repurposed Kiosk Athens-Clarke County City Hall Sloped Lawn Water Feature Pedestrian Plaza + Event Space

Amphitheater

Granite

Seating

Plaza + Alleyway

Stone Pavers

Fall Pollinator

Goldenrod Solidago spp.

False Blue Indigo Baptisia australis

Spring Pollinator Summer Pollinator

Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea

Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium

Form

Pennsylvania Sedge Carex pennsylvanica

Texture Grove

River Birch Betula nigra

Mid-Canopy

Red Maple Acer rubrum Street

American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana Allée

Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria

Overstory

Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera

PLANT

Lilyturf Liriope muscari

Shrub

FOUR TOWERS VISITORS CENTER

Conceptual Designs for New Main Entrance Plaza

date location

Spring 2017

Athens, Georgia

Visitors Center’s south side pavilion space located in the historic Four Towers Building, which was previously used as office space for the College of Agriculture and, before then, was used as a barn.

site As part of my work at the Office of University Architects, I was tasked with completing a quick design study to provide the Visitors Center with recommendations aimed at restructuring the entry sequence and reactivating a pavilion space as their new main entrance and as an area for hosting large groups of prospective students and their families.

To redirect these groups to this area and to provide a comfortable environment, especially in the summer months, this design study focused on improving the hierarchy of entrances upon approach, providing shaded cover, and working with the unique architectural character of the Four Towers Building such as its low roof line and minimalist style. This resulted in the development of three unique pavilion designs allowing the Visitors Center to begin conceptualizing how they see themselves using the updated space, how it would affect future renovations inside the building, and what other things could be accomplished.

DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS

• Create new, main path from the parking lot and formalize with edge plantings, a large width, and brick paving.

• Restore the current pergola with plantings or replace with an updated design whose materials compliment the building’s historic look and style.

• Lower south berm to allow for plaza expansion then reorient the structure to allow for removable seating and outdoor presentations for large groups.

• Restructure doorway entrance on south side of building to

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