EMILY GRIFFITH
TABLE OF CONTENTS STUDIO WORK: Gateway: Ecology 15th Ave NW & NW Market Street Refuge at the VA Fisher House Design/Build Eastside Preparatory School
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PROFESSIONAL WORK: Hutchinson Park 11 Magnuson SE Promontory Flyway 12 Wirth 13 City of Bothell 14 Riser 15
GATEWAY: ECOLOGY Washington Park Arboretum Seattle, WA Spring Quarter 2011 Group Project: 3 partners
OBJECTIVE: In this studio we worked on the north end of the Washington Park Arboretum where the Washington State Department of Transportation will be performing mitigation for the SR-520 project. CONCEPT: The “Gateways� concept represents the myriad transitions that cross the site spatially and temporally. This space is the intersection of land and water, urban and natural, present arboretum and future arboretum, human and nonhuman. We bridged these transitions and provided a space where people can learn, relax, and be connected to their environment. My portion of this project was on the northeast peninsula which encompasses the mitigation area. I focused on the ecology of this area where I chose to keep humans contained. The boardwalk lets people observe and cross but not enter this meadow and wetland. The concrete pillars shown in the rendering are the remnants of a closed highway on-ramp that remains a defining structure on the site. The pillars remind us of the history of this site and unify the design across the other three individual areas of the larger site. View north strolling along the boardwalk through the meadow
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WATER
LAND
NONHUMAN HUMAN
NATURAL URBAN
N Location plan of how the four group areas interact. Done by hand
SHRUB/SCRUB WETLAND Athyrium filix-femina Cornus sericea Lonicera involucrata Physocarpus capitatus Rubus spectabilis Salix hookeriana Salix lasiandra Spiraea douglasii Symphoricarpus albus
Cistothorus platensis Colaptes auratus salamanders: Ambystoma Dicamptodon
EMERGENTS
Chrysemys picta Sparganium eurycarpum Ardea herodias Sparganium angustifolium Betula pumila var. glandulifera Eleocharis sp. amphibians Juncus sp.
Partial list of plant suggestions for different zones on site
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Plan of wetland/ecology zone. Rendered by hand and edited in Photoshop and InDesign
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15TH AVE NW & NW MARKET STREET Ballard, Seattle, WA Winter Quarter 2012 Group Project: 1 partner
OBJECTIVE: This project redesigned multiple bus stops along the main transit corridor in Ballard for the Rapid Ride D bus line implemented in Seattle. As a studio we looked at not only the stops, but how the neighborhood around the intersections could be adapted to encourage multiple modes of transit and pedestrian usage.
St. Alphonse
Greenways
My individual focus was at the uncomfortable corner of 15th Ave and NW Market St. Here pedestrians are bombarded by noise and experience an unpleasant walking environment; I buffered the sidewalk with vegetation and added lights to improve safety. A stormwater collection display at the bus stops expanded awareness of this process and also provided white noise to mitigate sounds of traffic.
NW 58th St. Transportation Corridor
CONCEPT: My partner and I felt it was important to create a design that fostered commuter and pedestrian use of this intersection. A wave pattern in the street crossings invoke a connection to the water in the south and also help increase visibility of pedestrians to vehicles. The wave continues into the sidewalk as a brick inlay giving this bus stop an identity to help bus passengers’ navigation of the route.
NW 60th St.
Rapid Ride Stops
St. Alphonse Parish School
Ballard Market
Park-lined blocks
44 stop
Market “Main Street”
NW Market Rapid Ride Stations
Metro 44 Route
Safeway
Swedish Hospital
17th Ave NW
15th Ave NW
14th Ave NW
N Analysis map of site and connections from === and Illustrator
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View west along NW Market Street of lighting encouraging walking and blue glass to create a wayfinding connection to Swedish Hospital. Rendered in Photoshop
Stormwater feature at Rapid Ride stop, rendered in Photoshop
Brick inlay in sidewalk to enhance wayfinding for pedestrians and to echo the connection of the neighborhood to the water from AutoCAD and Photoshop
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Plan of 15th & Market rendered in Photoshop and Illustrator
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REFUGE AT THE VA
Silent Water Stroll /Plants
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CONCEPT: This space incorporates the principles of universal design allowing ease of access for people of all capabilities and creates a serene space for patients and visiting family. Patients are provided a respite from the institutional feel of the hospital interior and are able to interact with nature which aids in mental and physical recovery. “Rooms” throughout the site create intimate spaces designed to hold different numbers of people from individuals to large groups. These smaller spaces accommodate a range of activities including testing and adapting to prosthetics, to group therapy sessions, quiet reflection, and chatting with family. Sheltered areas make it comfortable in all seasons. Vertical gardens and lush plantings give a sense of being surrounded by nature.
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OBJECTIVE: To design a therapeutic garden on a rooftop courtyard within the Veterans Administration Hospital grounds. This studio also focused on having a model as our final product with a board to compliment it. Collectively, our group invested over 70 hours in our model.
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Smoking
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Foyer
Smoking Walking/ Contemplation
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Axonometric site analysis of GIS layers
Concept sketches on trace cleaned up in Photoshop
N Photoshop-rendered group plan. Rendered by classmate.
Final model for presentation to the VA
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FISHER HOUSE DESIGN/BUILD FISHER HOUSE Puget Sound Veterans Administration Hospital Seattle, WA Winter/Spring 2013 Capstone project with 15 classmates
OBJECTIVE: To design and construct a theraputic garden with social gathering spaces as well as meditative areas for the families of the veterans at the Fisher House. CONCEPT: The concept for this project is to create a
rhythm of movement across the site from more social and geometric at the south corner of the house into more organic and meditative spaces in the north corner. The entire site is ADA accessible and incorporates elements of play, of art, and brings people who need healing and are separated from their homes closer to nature.
RESPONSIBILITIES: My role on this project during the winter design quarter was to help facilitate a focus group, collect precedents, synthesize the four main group designs into one coherent plan, and to coordinate the creation of the construction drawing set and the transition into spring quarter. I also presented our design development plan to the client.
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Design Development SITE PLAN
DESIGN / BUILD 2013 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF BUILD ENVIRONMENTS DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
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FOUNTAIN & MOSAIC
TUMBLED GLASS RIBBON RAINGARDEN
MEDITATION STRUCTURE
TREE ALLÉE
FOOTBRIDGE
EXPLORATION PATH ADA PLANTER BED
COVERED BENCH SWING
PERGOLA AGRICULTURE BEDS
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KIDS’ PLAY HOUSE A
WILLOW PLAY STRUCTURE
SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
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EASTSIDE PREPARATORY SCHOOL Kirkland, WA Spring Quarter 2012 Group Project: 1 partner
OBJECTIVE: Our studio’s focus was on experiencing the design process from the concept stage through delivery of construction documents. In groups of four we redesigned the front of East Side Preparatory school from their parking area to two of their courtyards.
CONCEPT: Within the groups we had individual areas
SCHOOL Y PLAZA
to design and document, I was responsible for the central courtyard which fronts a new cafeteria and theater. In my design the bosque of trees, runnel and benches make it a pleasant place to sit during lunch or just to stroll through on the way to class. It is usable at all times of day and with the addition of a glass awning, in all weather.
CENTRAL COURT Schematic plan of the inner courtyard that was my area to work in drafted in AutoCAD and rendered by hand
Layout plan drafted in AutoCAD
Concrete runnel detail drafted in AutoCAD
Demolition and TESC plan drafted in AutoCAD
Glass awning detail drafted in AutoCAD
Concrete stair detail drafted in AutoCAD
HUTCHINSON PARK City of Seattle Parks and Recreation Seattle, WA This park was a small project for a community that had funding to remain the basketball court and wanted to extend the planting area as well as to add hopscotch and foursquare to the park. I was responsible for researching standards for the basketball court, foursquare, and hopscotch as well as orienting them on site as well as designing the planting area and choosing the plants.
Rubus calcynoides
Cedrus deodara ‘Prostrate Beauty’
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Chamaecyparis filifera var. psifiera
Rubus parviflorus
Ribes sanguineum
Philadelphus sp.
Viburnum opulus
Polystichum munitum
MAGNUSON S.E. PROMONTORY FLYWAY City of Seattle Parks and Recreation Seattle, WA These are presentation graphics I produced for a community meeting about redesigning a piece of Magnuson Park and trying to incorporate many users from people out for a stroll to dog walkers, to bird watchers, the birds themselves, reptiles, and the cars most use to access the park. These sections are for the meadow that is intended to be protected habitat for birds as well as other flora and fauna. They highlight the edge treatment near the parking lot, buffering against cars, a designated path, added habitat like rock piles for reptiles and brush piles for birds.
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WIRTH Integrated Site Design Seattle, WA
Thymus pseudolanguinosus
A residential planting plan for a family looking to update their backyard with a new deck and more colorful plants. I was responsible for creating the base plan and laying out the planting plan in AutoCAD.
Ficus carica
Mentha requienii
Lavandula sp.
Cornus sericia ‘Kelseyii’
Hakonechloa macra
Akebia quinata
Hydrangea quercifolia
Epimedium sp.
Rubus calcynoides
Nandina domestica
Lithodora sp.
CITY OF BOTHELL RFQ Integrated Site Design Seattle, WA This is a cover graphic I produced for a RFQ for a park project in Bothell, WA. It was created in Photoshop and finished with a detail from AutoCAD. The image demonstrates the desire to preserve habitat, increase ecological awareness, provide a public amenity, and a responsiveness to existing site features in the proposed design.
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RISER Integrated Site Design Seattle, WA This project included the design of a courtyard and roof garden for the Riser apartment complex. I created these presentation images using SketchUp and finished them in Photoshop.
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