Ericka Duym
Landscape Architecture Portfolio
Ericka Duym Landscape Architecture
www.linkedin.com/in/erickaduym
Ericka Duym
Landscape Architecture
MLA 2015 University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ericka Duym Landscape Architecture
www.linkedin.com/in/erickaduym
Ericka Duym
Landscape Architecture MLA 2015 University of Massachusetts Amherst
Urban Design Springfield, MA
Greenway Planning Worcester, MA
Urban Sustainability Center Waltham, MA
Construction
Underpass Park Design Concept
Urban Design
Moving, Learning, Living in a PostUrban Renewal District Springfield, MA The challenge of this project was to incorporate urban planning concepts together with Urban design principles in order to reinvision a city district disconnected through urban renewal practices of the 1950’s and 1960’s. With Landscape Architect teammates, Wenjie Liu and Jason Yu, a concept of revitalizing the district using historic, pre-urban renewal land uses was used. As a part of this, I incorporated a stormwater garden, and public park in an underutilized, oversized parking area beneath several highway overpasses, creating access to the city’s riverfront.
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Site History and Context The Northgate district is an example of the effects of Urban Renewal practices of the 1950’s and 1960’s. At the turn of the 20th century, the district was widely known for its rail connectivity, active recreation, and industrial prosperity. As urban renewal widened streets, built highways that disconnected the riverfront, and added large “mega-blocks”, the district has become a “no-mans-land”.
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Greenway Planning Implementing Greenways and Green Infrastructure. Together. Worcester, MA Creating a viable greenway in a city with little experience and existing green-connectivity became the challenge in Worcester. After an analysis of existing parks, connections to them, cultural offerings, and environmental factors, proposals were made for a greenway that incorporated green infrastructure techniques for the City of Worcester. My role specifically looked at two sections of Hamilton Street, which suffered from being over-sized, and difficult to naviagte by bike or foot. In addition to this, sites for science and education were incorporated for the EcoTarium.
Proposals to Existing City Greenway Plan
Pedestrian and Cyclist safety by incorporating vegetated buffer strips and improving sidewalk visibility.
The Problem. The Analysis. The City of Worcester, MA has initially begun the process of taking inventory of its potential as an urban community that thinks on a greener, safer, more healthy scale. Currently, the city has many parks, points of interest, cultural and educational institutions that are not readily accessible by bicycle or foot. As a team, we explanded upon existing city proposals for onstreet bike lanes, safer city intersections, and recreational hiking trails for city residents, as well as visitors.
Urban Kitchen Garden
Urban Sustainability Center
Grow. Learn. Show Waltham, MA
This project was an interdisciplinary exercise designed to build team relationships between Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The task at hand was to create a master plan of programming elements for a proposed Urban Sustainability Center, which aims to build connections between learning, showing, and growing food, sustainable ideas, and community initiatives. The 58 acre site is located 10 minutes from Boston, and is in a key area of connection for driving, walking, biking and MBTA rail lines. Along with architect teammate, Courtney Carrier, a master plan of outdoor and indoor elements, ranging from community garden plots, to outdoor classroom seating walls was developed, keeping in mind the close seamless connection between indoor and outdoor activities. The concept aims to grow, learn and show all aspects of urban sustainbility, and to allow for the public to learn and take from.
Structure + Landscape = Growing Microclimate
Master Site Plan
Site Plan
Community
Unive Gray water collection
Repurposed Vegetable Lawn
Sustainability Learning in Landscape and Architecture
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Farmers
Community CSA Outdoor Classroom 4-H Learning Garden
Construction
18” Fieldstone Retaining/Seat Wall
6” Precast Runnel
3” Flagstone Cap 1” overhang
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Gravel ckfill
Compacted Earth
6”-12” Topsoil
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