| Enclosure + Expanse | Undergraduate Landscape Architecture Portfolio | Fall 2016

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Landscape Architecture Portfolio

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The duality of the enclosure and the expanse is a theme present throughout the coming selected works and i s a c o n t i n u o u s i n s p i r i n g f o r c e f o r m y s e l f a s a d e s i g n e r. T h e m u t u a l l y b e n e f i c i a l n a t u r e o f t h e e n c l o s u r e and the expanse articulates the interplay of object to experience and of architecture to landscape. Without one, the other loses its meaning.

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Curriculum Vitae | October 12, 2016 About the Designer

E D U C A T I O N University of Massachusetts, Amherst Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture

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Danish Institute for Study Abroad Full semester Urban Design Program

08/2015 -12/2015

As a 24 year old designer holding a BS in Landscape Architecture, I work to bridge disciplinary gaps. With

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experience in architecture, urban design, furniture design, and graphic

Digital

design, I consider myself to be much

AutoCAD

more than a sculptor of the natural

Photoshop

world. Through collaboration I aim

InDesign

to improve quality of human life and

Illustrator

transform our cities.

SketchUp Rhino

dylanzinggla@gmail.com

ArcMap

(c): 508-828-8860

MS Office

1804 3rd Avenue, Apartment 5 N e w Yo r k , N Y 1 0 0 2 9

https://issuu.com/dylanzingg

https://linkedin.com/in/dylanzingg

Physical

Conceptual

Extensive Plant Knowledge

Landscape Architecture

Construction Documentation

Urban Design

Architectural Model-Making

Architecture

Hand Sketching & Drafting

Furniture Design

Presentation Confidence

Graphic Design

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Lucid Glass Studio | Providence, RI

Completion and organization of shop drawings for an

Shop Drawing Coordinator

a r c h i t e c t u r a l a n d d e c o r a t i v e g l a s s m a n u f a c t u r e r.

AIA Design + Resiliency Team

Facilitating public meetings. Presentation preparation.

Graphic Designer/Report Writer

Compilation, writing, and editing of final reports.

-04/2016

Durfee Gardens | Amherst, MA

Conservation of an award winning public garden.

04/2015

Landscape Conservationist

Restorative garden design and implementation.

Freelance Garden Design

Managing garden design and implementation projects

04/2014

Project Manager

for eight clients; cost estimation, client interaction.

-09/2015

H a d l e y G a r d e n C e n t e r | H a d l e y, M A

Planting design consultation. Plant Installation.

Nursery Consultant

Irreplaceable education of northeast plant material.

A W A R D S

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04/2016 -PRESENT 01/2016

-09/2015

04/2014 -09/2015

P U B L I C A T I O N S

2016 ASLA Student

Recognizes students going above and beyond in their studies and showing promise

Honor Award

of making significant contributions to the landscape architecture profession.

Springfield Republican

Personal images and words of a re-envisioned plaza are published in The

Newspaper Article

Springfield Republican and can be viewed online at:

AIA Design + Resiliency

Final Reports

B e l c h e r t o w n , M A D A R T: T h r e e V i l l a g e s a n d a F a r m

Te a m P u b l i c a t i o n s

viewable on aia.org:

P r o v i d e n c e , R I D A R T: C o m m o n T h r e a d s : R e s i l i e n t P V D

Berkshire Design Group

Working with BDG Principal, Richard Klein, a full set of professional grade

Construction Drawings

construction documents was completed: Cavanagh Residence Full BDG CD Set

Lucid Glass Studio

Wo r k i n g w i t h L G S O w n e r, C l i n t H o p k i n s , a g r a p h i c s t a n d a r d a n d c a t a l o g o f s h o p

Shop Drawings

drawings was created for this glass manufacturer: LGS Shop Drawings Catalog

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Building typology concept development

Paper Island | Copenhagen, DK Celebrating an industrial waterfront with retention of structures and destination This abandoned industrial island is the last bit of available waterfront real estate in CPH. Thus, it is up for r e d e v e l o p m e n t b y t h e c i t y. T h e i s l a n d has become an unlikely but popular destination with the rise of grassroots commerce and public use. This masterplan encourages continued public use on the ground level and introduces modular housing buildings over top.

The warehouses receive physical and programmatic manipulations to meet public needs and surrounding form with each interior and exterior space equipped uniquely for its function.

Modular housing buildings Shared roof terraces Public ground level

Existing island

Cut warehouses

Activate edge

Introduce homes

Copenhagen Inspiration

The programming of each of the four unique quadrants of

interior space is

i n s p i r e d e x c l u s i v e l y b y o n e of C o p e n h a g e n ’s m a n y e s t a b l i s h e d c u l t u r a l r e g i o n s .

Tw o l a r g e p u b l i c s p a c e s t o w a r d s t h e s o u t h s i d e o f t h e i s l a n d a r e i n s p i r e d b y C o p e n h a g e n ’ s G a m m e l t o r v ( O l d S q u a r e ) a n d To r v e h a l l e r n e ( F o o d M a r k e t ) .

Nyhavn Waterfront food and shopping

Nørrebro Copenhagen Street Food

Inder By Entertainment and Event Spaces

Christiania Art Galleries and workshop spaces

Gammeltorv Grand Market Plaza

To r v e h a l l e r n e Fresh Catch local fish markets

Fresh Catch

By renovating existing structures and adding a boardwalk, the southern waterfront

Fish Market

is activated for public use, mussel farms, and fisherman’s docks.

Fresh Catch provides space to experiment with the sale of local seafood and becomes Copenhagen’s first step in local food supply in relation to the sea.

Mussel Farms Education, water purification, food

Inspiration Similar to To r v e h a l l e r n e , Fresh Catch provides quality goods and a more social open air shopping experience.

Grand Market

The GMP is a unique outdoor room edged by cafes, shops, and mural walls;

Plaza (GMP

garnished with exposed warehouse beams; and enforced by stacked apartments.

Experience

This space retains the power of the expanse while providing the intimacy of the

Duality

enclosure. The duality provides comfort and awe regardless of social climate.

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Emerald Necklace | Boston, MA Establishing a major link between the Emerald Necklace and the SW Corridor A FR

Using GIS to target opportune land and wide streets, a ‘Transmission Center ’ has been located and developed.

This center clearly marks a point of branching out from the linear SW C o r r i d o r. I m p l e m e n t i n g ‘ S i g n a l P a t h

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Situation: As they stand, the Emerald Necklace and the Southwest Corridor function independently; lacking any physical or temporal connection.

Streets’ to Columbus Avenue and Heath Street creates a direct route for cyclists and pedestrians moving between park systems. Abutting the Transmission Center and Heath St. is the Mission Hill Urban Woodland; a unique opportunity f o r h i k i n g i n t h e c i t y. I n c r e a t i n g t h i s link, neighbors divided by vehicular traffic are reconnected on the street level, offering new social opportunities.

Solution: Locate and develop a Hub to mark transition from the S o u t h w e s t C o r r i d o r. I m p l e m e n t s t r e e t t r e a t m e n t s t o strengthen this new connection.

Dense neighborhoods and narrow streets

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Broad neighborhoods

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and wider streets

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Heath St.

Distance

0%-5% grade throughout Abutting Mission

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Hill green space

Distance Columbus Ave. 0%-5% grade throughout Wide sidewalks and median Bisects urban density

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Mission Hill Urban Woodland New footpaths and trails tap into a pocket of wilderness within the urban fabric.

Elevation provides view of Boston’s Skyline.

Tr a n s m i s s i o n C e n t e r Clearly mark divergence Allow full mobility Create Green Space Improved Columbus Ave. East side of street becomes pedestrian highway with a barrier of parked cars.

C o l o r s c h e m e , m a t e r i a l i t y, a n d s i g n a g e transmit travelers throughout the network.

Signal Path Streets

Radar Bridges

Just as radio waves inform a radar reading, the arching light posts and orange p a v i n g i n f o r m s t r a v e l e r s t h e y a r e o n a p a t h t o w a r d s t h e Tr a n s m i s s i o n C e n t e r.

These pedestrian and cycle bridges overpass transit arteries. Serving as landmarks they inform location, just as radio waves to a radar transmission.

Tr a n s m i s s i o n Center 1

As the central hub of this new pedestrian system, this space puts mobility at the f o r e f r o n t w h i l e m a i n t a i n i n g i t s e l f a s a d e s t i n a t i o n f o r t h e c o m m u n i t y.

The site exists at the crossroads 5 acres of surface p a r k i n g , a 6 - l a n e s t r e e t , a n d a n e x p o s e d r a i l w a y.

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Condense parking to a 3-story garage and divert the street. The Center gains viable land for people.

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Introduce new pedestrian and cycle connections.

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Creating Opportunity

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Resulting Network

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Pynchon Plaza | Springfield, MA An interlock of architectural rigidity with an organic hillside landscape Linking the Historic Springfield Quad to the more commercial downtown area, the ‘Living Machine’ moves pedestrians up a 40’ elevation change and offers pedestrian space at three levels. At street level, the largest outdoor room provides market space by day and event s p a c e b y n i g h t . Tw o u p p e r t e r r a c e s o ff e r interaction with building and expansive views of downtown. Gear toothed platforms extend from the building’s outdoor plazas into the natural hillside landscape taking people within the canopy of native plantings to observe a naturalized woodland stream.

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Anne-Gerard Flynn | aflynn@repub.com

Apr 13, 2015

It is sad to see it in such disrepair. It could be a great pedestrian shortcut from downtown to the Quadrangle if there were more such traffic, and maybe an enticement like an ice cream vendor to encourage a walk in that direction.

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Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com

Apr 13, 2015

I’d love to use this as a shortcut through downtown. The answer to security concerns is to get the space activated with more pedestrian traffic. Maybe open the plaza up to food trucks in the summer?

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Springfield Quadrangle

Living Machine

Downtown Springfield

H i s t o r y M u s e u m , S c i e n c e M u s e u m , D r. S e u s s M u s e u m

M G M S p r i n g f i e l d , M a s s M u t u a l C e n t e r, C i t y H a l l ,

+ Sculpture Gardens, Modern + Fine Arts Museums

Symphony Hall, Springfield Convention Center

Community

With a plethora of mixed use spaces programmed with intent of building

Center

c o m m u n i t y, t h e L i v i n g M a c h i n e b e c o m e s a c o m m u n a l a s s e t f o r p u b l i c d o w n t o w n .

Interior

Exterior

Internal

Blurring the lines between architecture and landscape, this plaza is as much

Expanse

a melting pot for people as it is a juncture of cross-discipline design thinking.

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Umass Campus | Amherst, MA A social space encouraging interaction with site through two dedicated art walls Site analysis video in collaboration with Christopher Rucinski viewable here.

By popular demand, the central wall stands today as a cut through with a small wall dedicated to free creative expression. This design takes the e x p r e s s i o n w a l l s a s t e p f u r t h e r, making them convex and creating more continuous wall space. As the main entry into the student living area, the space must foster interaction and be welcoming. A main flow of foot traffic trickles down the sculptural staircase with opportunities to rest and gather at one of the many blue stone platforms.

Flat Wall

Convex Wall

one vantage point

Many vantage points

Stream and eddy pedestrian movement

Lighting in

The ripple of the main stairs is carried into the night as each step is under-lit

the night

revealing its form. The glow of the stairs keeps the space fun and safe at night.

Experience

Each gathering node on site offers an experience of internalized expanse. In

Duality

this exterior living room, groups are encouraged to find their own nook.

H U M A N A F F I N I T Y

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Rewired | Amherst, MA Accelerated design/build of a rocking chair composed of upcycled materials Rewired was designed and constructed in two weeks time. Scavenging materials from the UMass Transfer Station, the chair is composed of two softwood wire spools, over 400’ of ethernet cable and two hardwood tabletops.

Slats | Copenhagen, DK A Danish Modern chair design/build prototype chair for mass production Given a typical plywood shell and steel base, Slats’ form follows function as a c h a i r o f p r o d u c t i v i t y. T h e c o n v e x b a c k encourages stiff posture at a multitude o f a n g l e s f o r w o r k a n d s o c i a b i l i t y.

Initial Concept Drawings

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Architecture Studio | Amherst, MA Evolution of form from architectural inspiration to landscape experience Aiming to understand how an architect thinks, designs, and speaks; I enrolled in an architecture studio, beyond my curriculum. Course work began with an analysis of phenomenal transparency of Rudolph Schindler ’s Lovell Beach House design; exploring structural patterns through object models. Choosing the model best representing the building’s spatial qualities; the model was studied 2-dimensionally through hand drafting and then to be introduced to site, bringing spatial phenomenon from building, to object, and through to landscape experience.

Exploring architectural form through objects

Studying object spatial qualities

Elevation Plan 01

Plan 02

Section 01 Section 02

Spatial

Breaking down enclosed form to an object and applying these spatial principles

Tr a n s l a t i o n

to the expanse results in a dual experience of both architecture and landscape.

Concept

Within the Lovell Beach House, human movement is choreographed and put at

Extraction

the apex of the design. Applying this to site results in an interactive experience.

Ant Hill Pavillion

Experience Duality

As a structure pavilion based on the experience and observation of human movement; the site resembles an ant hill with multiple routes of circulation.

As an exterior space composed entirely of architecture, The Ant Hill is the culmination of my exploration in relating the enclosure and the expanse.

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Dylan Zingg dylanzinggla@gmail.com (c): 508-828-8860 1804 3rd Avenue, Apt. 5 N e w Yo r k , N Y 1 0 0 2 9