ELSA STOFFEL landscape architecture portolio
21st Century Learning Campus
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Argentine, Kansas
The Greenway | 1st Street
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McCall, Idaho
The Regional Hub
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Coralville, Iowa
Waves for Change
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Eastern Waterfront | Mumbai, India
First Christian Church Community Center
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Grand Mere, Kansas
EDSA Intern Works
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Involvement Kansas State University
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bosque terrace This space allows for students, faculty and visitors to have the opportunity to enjoy outdoor spaces on their way from building to building.
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21st Century Learning Campus JC Harmon High School Collaboration with Kayla Wood, architect
This project is a sustainable high school campus redesign. The entire site is redesigned to manage water flows of the immediate and surrounding area while providing opportunities for environmental education. The intended users of the site will be faculty, students, and the surrounding neighborhood and community. The project location is Argentine, Kansas—just outside of Kansas City. The big concept for this high school campus is to promote ‘nearby nature’ and to allow for users of the site to experience the outdoors in three zones— ‘nearby’, ‘reflective’, and ‘restorative’.
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reflective
restorative
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nature zones nearby | reflective | restorative
circulation pedestrian | vehicular
original waterflow
proposed waterflow
legend 1 bus drop off
7 prairie terrace
2 car drop off
8 wetland terrace
3 entrance
9 library
4 main entrance stair
10 wetland
5 bosque terrace
11 wetland amphitheater
6 learning courtyards
12 futsol courts
The access to nature within a school campus provides students spaces to reflect on what they have learned, or opportunities to restore their attention. This idea is evidenced in what’s called the “Attention Restoration Theory� a.k.a. A.R.T. Collaborating with a third year architect, Kayla Wood, we were able to develop this concept into a concrete design.
Many experiences of nature greet the JC Harmon students: ‘nearby’ zones located right outside the door of the school, ‘reflective’ zones on the boardwalk above the restored wetland, and ‘restorative’ zones near the amphitheater in the northwest of the site surrounded by dense forest.
full site model
campus enlargement model
This model shows the proposed terrain and massing forms of the high school campus.
This model shows the detailed forms and spaces within and immediately surrounding the high school campus.
wetland
wetland terrace
learning courtyard
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learning courtyard This space allows students and faculty the opportunity to enjoy class in outdoor spaces
high school campus terrace section This section shows the progression of outdoor terraces within the high school campus.
prairie terrace
learning courtyard
bosque terrace
entrance stair
payette lake shore This space allows for water to be filtered from 1st street into Payette lake.
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The Greenway | 1st Street McCall, Idaho McCall, Idaho is a lake town with mountain ski resorts, and it hosts the annual the Winter Festival. This part of Idaho gets a lot of precipitation, especially in the form of snow. Designing for precipitation in great capacity was one of the key factors in how 1st Street, the Payette Lake Shore, and the vacant parking lot were designed. Stormwater calculations found that each bioswale in this design will need to be at least a foot deep to accommodate the predicted precipitation. Each bioswale will be planted with native plants to the alpine region that like a lot of moisture.
mountain wiers These designed stormwater wiers will bring a sense of art to the mountain town of McCall, Idaho
legend 1 the outlook
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2 payette lake
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3 bed & breakfast
8 ice rink
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9 grocery store
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snow storage waterflow bioswales
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pedestrian circulatoin vehicular circulatoin
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process plant palette Snowberry Porcupine Sedge Golden Sedge Reddosier Dogwood Pine Goldenrye Fireweed Bald Cypress
1st street axon This axon of 1st Street shows the depth of the bioswales, the one-way vehicular pattern and the two-way bicylce traffic
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The Regional Hub Coralville, Iowa Collaboration with Kate Larkin, Miles Updke, and Marcos Aleman
The location of the regional hub is in the southern commercial district of Coralville, Iowa. It is located adjacent to Iowa City and the Iowa River. This southern commercial district features an array of businesses and residential units. This high-density, mix-used design will bring affordable housing to the community while also giving the area its sense of place. This district can offer many opportunities for the community of Coralville while also being able to connect people to adjacent cities down the two rail lines that touch the North and South ends of the site.
form and space This view shows the open spaces, water bodies, massing, and structure of the re-designed Southeast Commercial District.
Promoting higher densities to be built along the Agassiz Axis will promote booming businesses and affordable housing along the busy intersection of 2nd Street and 1st Avenue. Providing ease of access from
one station to another is accomplished with use of pedestrian walkways, open civic spaces, wayfinding, and viewpoints.
context diagram
agassiz axis connection
This diagram shows suggested railway stops for the CRANDIC corridor and the Iowa Interstate Railroad within Coralville. They are dertermined by proximity to major cultural, ecological, residential, and commercial centers.
This diagram shows the relation of the two proposed train stations.The northeast line represents the CRANDIC corridor and the southwest line represents the Iowa Interstate Railroad.
agassiz axis section This section shows how the transit stops are connected through different levels.
Iowa Interstate Railroad Station
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agassiz axis Connecting transit through public and civic spaces while mitigating flood damage and implementing brownfield remediation strategies.
CRANDIC Corridor Station
Because this commercial district is in a 100-year flood zone, designing with flood mitigation practices is key to the success of the site. All buildings are built up 7 feet from the ground level to limit flood damages in the future. These buildings are accessed by stairs or
ramps throughout the site. Soil contamination from previous businesses of the existing site led to brownfield remediation by capping. This design will also bring people closer to the riverfront with open spaces, parks, and piers.
protected elevations
100 | 500 year floodplains
This diagram shows the area of building footings that are built up to an elevation that is protected from 100 and 500 year floods. All new buildings in the floodplain must be built at an elevation one foot above the 500-year floodplain
light blue: Iowa River, Clear Creek and Bisquit Creak medium blue: 100 year FEMA floodplain dark blue: 500 year FEMA floodplain
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agassiz axis civic space This axis between the two transit stops of the Southeast Commercial District of Coralville provides flood mitigation, brownfield remediation, spaces for play, relaxation, living, and work.
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Waves for Change Mumbai, India Collaboration with Shelby Cooke, Madison Dalk, Bridget Hake, and Grace Mader
This project was located within the Eastern Waterfront on the peninsula of Mumbai, India. Our group focused on the flooding impact of the waterfront, but also the transportation strategies to get to the inner peninsula and beyond, to the mainland. On the Eastern waterfront, floods are managed by ‘floodable market spaces’ that have the capacity to fill if needed, but also a space for people to gather. These floods would also be mitigated by the open green spaces and high berms protecting the built infrastructure from the high waters.
Eastern Waterfront This perspective shows the access and connection into the Mumbai Peninsula through water canals and open spaces.
Water canals would be accessed through the Eastern waterfront and these would be transportation spaces for Mumbai. These canals would also provide more necessary public space throughout the city along the edges of the water. By adding more public space and more options for transportation, the Eastern waterfront and greater peninsula of Mumbai will be a better place to live, work, and prosper. These canals also act as a flood mitigation strategy by allocating a dedicated space for water to be directed within the peninsula.
blue mobility as public space eastern waterfront section This section shows the flood mitigation, transportation, and open space strategies for the Eastern Waterfront
public green
These sections show the public space typologies along the canal transportatoin system throughout the Mumbai Peninsula. This public space typology of ‘economy’ shows the possible spaces for markets along the canal.
vegetated berm
floodable market
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master plan This plan shows the concept for the Mumbai Peninsula. The green arms help mitigrate flood surges on the Eastern Waterfront while also promoting public space.
recreational harbor
public space
flooding
Space is a rare commodity in Mumbai. On average there is only 1.24 square meters of public open space per person in Mumbai. Mumbai will soon have about 725 hectares of space open up for development in the coming years, in an area known as the Eastern Waterfront.
With limited green space and an abundance of impervious surfaces, the Mumbai Peninsula is prone to major flooding and water damage.
‘cleanser’ arm
elevated boardwalk
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F.C.C. Community Center Grand Mere, Kansas The location of this project is within Grand Mere. It is a golf course neighborhood community adjacent to Manhattan, Kansas. After the First Christian Church is completed, a need for a community center and a neighborhood gathering space is needed. Designing with the native prairie in mind while being conscious of the stormwater flow throughout the site helped form the shape of paths, walls, and landscape.
CNC cut terrain model This model shows the extreme grading of the site. From the terracing retaining walls to the foundation base for the building.
Ginkgo Chinkapin Oak Willow Oak
Tallgrass Prairie Mix Tallgrass Prairie Extra Forbs
Redbud
Shortgrass Prairie Mix
River Birch
Shortgrass Prairie Extra Forbs
Willow shrub Creeping Juniper Smooth Sumac
woody planting design
The plant palette for this site focuses on keeping with the virgin prairie flora of the flint hills. Different mixes are used for areas with more use vs. less use. Native vegetation is used so that less water and care is needed to maintain the goal of the planting plan. Keeping the native planting palette within this site will offer educational opportunities for people that visit the community center and church.
Wet Prairie Meadow Mix Wet Prairie Meadow Extra Forbs
prairie swath design
site plan legend first christian church 1
patio 5
community center 2
added parking 6
palyground 3
bioswale 7
gazebo 4
lawn 8
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site plan
detail reference plan
back retaining wall section
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bridge over swale
Because this site started off as such an intense slope, high intensity grading had to be completed along with a series of terraced retaining walls.
community center at night | lighting plan
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intracoastal view of restaurant This view shows what boaters, kayakers, or stand up paddlers on the intracoastal would see as they approach the site.
site plan
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EDSA Intern Works Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Smith Studio Collaboration with other interns: Tyson Murray, Bre Nelson, Jen Ren, Suzanna Parks, and Emily Greibe
During the Summer of 2017, I was part of the EDSA internship program. For charrette week the interns had a site in Boca Raton in between the Intracoastal and the Atlantic Ocean. Our design focused on low impact development and featured a system of elevated walkways to protect existing mature vegetation and to capture fantastic views from the East and West. This design also created beach access and both passive and active recreation.
hammock grove This section shows the different levels of low impact development and recreational activity within the site.
Stranahan House Riverfront Plaza
Concept A
Concept B
Hyde Park Coast North Egypt seawall bench and planter box detail
pool concept A
pool concept B
raised curb at porch detail
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renderings for different resorts, and construction documents for the Stranahan House Riverfront Plaza. My computer skills within Auto-CAD and Photoshop greatly improved over the course of the Summer.
Coral Ridge Country Club | exterior planting design
coral ridge entrance
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coral ridge bayview drive
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organize women in design discussion
KSU SCASLA logo
I was the point person for the women in Design Discussion between Gina Ford, Jessica Canfield, and Stephanie Rolley with Lorn Clement as Moderator.
ASLA Logo with Konza Prairie Overlay to signify Kansas State Chapter.
best of 2018: top 10 social media accounts
develop monthly event templates In order for people to stay involved, there needed to be an easy way to find what, where, and when upcoming events are going to happen. During ‘busy’ event months, I created monthly templates .
Mac Wendling (President) and I submitted the KSU SCASLA Instagram for a Land8 award. We tied for 10th with Michigan State University SCASLA for the category “Top 10 Social Media Accounts -- Allied Organizations.” Decisions were made based on: visual excellence, influence, engagement, and promotion.
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Involvement Kansas State Unversity SCASLA Vice President of Public Relations
By Developing signage to advocate for K-State SCASLA and landscape architecture for select events and activities throughout the year, I gave our student chapter more life within the virtual realm. I Ran the Instagram and Twitter pages. I also participated in an Instagram take-over for The National ASLA.
parking day 2018 For Parking Day 2018 I was involved in designing the space along with Bridget Hake, Allyssa Gray, Mackenzie Yeager, and others. I developed street tree fact ‘leaves’ that would hang from the tree so visitors could learn how street trees benefit our environment. I also created signage explaining parking day, landscape architecture, and the concept of our space.
promote green infrastructure The field trip to Portland, Oregon presented many opportunities to advocate for landscape Architecture
THANK YOU contact elstoffel@ksu.edu +1.708.785.0216