Eric Michael Lee landscape architecture porfolio
Where urban meets nature is where I work.
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How I found my passion in Landscape Architecture As a young teen I began helping my mother around the yard with creating flowerbeds and thinking about what we would put in bed to complement its surroundings. Then when the plants kept dying I began to research how to make plants grow, and tested the soil pH, and nutrients at my high school. Once I could keep the plants alive my mother got my design work with some of our neighbors, and I started composing designs on paper before I built them. This gave me a better respect for the landscape. A year later my high school had the class do a survey to project our interests into possible careers, my top choice was landscape architecture. I had no idea what this was and began to research the profession. This is when I found the University of Kentucky’s Landscape Architecture program. Near the end of my Junior year in high school I visited the program and took their aptitude test. By the beginning of my senior year I have been accepted to the program. I did not know that I was in love with the profession for many years before I came to college.
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Eric Michael Lee
1550 Trent Blvd. Apt. 2402 Lexington, Kentucky 40515 p: 270-929-6646 ericmlee.la@gmail.com
Education
University of Kentucky Degree: Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture Expected graduation date: May 2015 GPA: Fall 2014 Semester, 3.5. Cumulative, 2.97
Relevant Courses
Soils formation, soil typology, plant morphology, plant identification, urban design studios ArcGIS, water management, urban and regional planning.
Skills
Auto Cadd, Adobe Creative Suit, Microsoft Office, Sketch-up, and ArcGis. Additionally, residential planning, urban infill, comprehensive community design, regional planning, fixture selection, planting selection, parks and recreation, regional greenways, construction details, grading and drainage, stream restoration, plaza designs, signage designs, restoration, and sustainable landscape designs
Community Works
Legacy Home Spring 2012 Volunteered for installation of a class design for an assisted living home in Lexington, Ky. The Learning Center TLC Fall 2013 Volunteered for installation of a class design for an alternative high school in Lexington, Ky. KYASLA 2015 Volunteered for set up and map making during the conference in Newport, Ky. Creative Tour 2015 Partner with Vanderbelt Curb Scholars to travel and learn about different creative methods in Louisville, Ky. and St. Louis, Mo.
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Awards / Acknowledgements
Agriculture Scholarship; Fall 2010 Deans List; Spring 2013, Fall 2014 Interviewed for Ag Magazine 2015 Spring Edition (January) Teachers assistant for Grading and Drainage, Spring 2015
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Experience
Landscape Architecture Department University of Kentucky May 2014 to September 2014 Position: Research / Illustrations Intern Create presentables in ArcGIS, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, & AutoCAD Phone: 859-257-7295 ext. Jayoung Koo
Cheddars April, 2011 to Present Position: Server / Bartender Serve food and tender sales. Supervisor: Clayton C. Location: Lexington, KY - Tates Creek Phone: 859-272-0891 First Class Cut October, 2009 to October, 2010 Position: Team Manager / Founder Over-see crew members. Supervisor: Scott Inman Location: Owensboro, KY Phone: n/a
References
Dr. Tom Nieman p. 859-552-3532 h. 859-263-4535 tom.nieman@uky.edu Years Known: 5
UME Dr. Ryan Hartgrove p. 859-948-3155 w. 859-257-3980 ryan.hartgrove@uky.edu Years Known: 5 Dr. Jayoung Koo w. 859-361-8450 jayoung.koo@uky.edu Years Known: 3
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Bullitt County Greenway
Shepherdsville, Kentucky
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“Understand your part in the project along with everyone else’s part, so you know and understand the entire project.”
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Image by Steven Patton for the University of Kentucky Ag Magazine January edition. The focus of the magazine was people that were a
Trailblazer
for the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE). This included professors and students that are involved in projects that are unique and promote Kentucky. This article highlighted Assistant Professor Dr. Jayoung Koo and the work that she has been involved in for the past years around Kentucky. The project she is working on here is a greenway project for Bullitt County Kentucky. The plan is for a hike and bike trail to connect northern Bullitt County to Bernheim Forest in the south.
Article by Katie Pratt,2014
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Bullitt County Greenway
Bird’s eye of Park System Aerial view of The Big Level Adventure Park’s helicopter tour and Adventure Lodge. (Fall Semester) Project Type: Regional Planning Location: Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Kentucky Size: 300 square miles Time: Fifth Year - First Semester Existing Issues: Low connectivity between cities around the county, no county parks, only 3 city parks, little public green space, and few tourist attractions.
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Bullitt County This project began in the summer of 2014 when the county government of Bullitt County approached Dr. Jayoung Koo (professor at the University of Kentucky) about doing a feasibility study to decide if there were any connections for a trail from Floyds Fork to the entrance of Bernheim Forest. The summer portion was conducted with a team of four students. All of the work depicted within was either created or modified greatly by Eric Lee. The summer internship focused on a single trail connection and also was used to gather information about the county. Additionally, the internship
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allowed the team to understand the direction that the community would like for this trail to go toward in the future. The summer portion was completed during the 2014 Fall studio. In this studio the emphasis shifted from a single trail to a county wide system that would highlight Bullitt Counties amenities. This class split into 6 groups and came up with different alternatives for the community to see the potential of their town. The greenway will act as a growth boundary because of the unplanned sprawl of the population. Not only will the greenway contain the population, and connect the cities and promote them regionally.
Flow Chart: Neighborhood Connections Buffer
City Boundary
Summer Internship 2014 These flow charts were created for Bullitt County to find a potential connector trail from the confluence of Floyds Fork and Salt River in northeastern Bullitt County, to the entrance of Bernheim Forest to the south. (Internship)
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Trail Options Bullitt County Preliminary Trails Options These trails were created using ESRI ArcGIS during the summer of 2014 for an internship with the University of Kentucky Department of Landscape Architecture. The above maps are of different trail options that the community and the team where interested in connecting. (Internship) Photoshop / Esri / Illustrator
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City Population Centers Bullitt County has four notable cities; (largest to smallest) Shepherdsville, Mt. Washington, Hillview, and Lebanon Junction.
Existing Conservation Conservation areas in Bullitt County are very Fragmented and do not allow for an effective travel of plants and animals through the county. (Areas as shown in Bullitt County 2013 Comprehensive Plan)
County Amenities Existing places that are interesting, functional and tourism destinations. (Gathered by Karyn Loughrin)
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County Greenway Plan The focus areas were chosen to create growth boundaries around the two largest cities (Shepherdsville and Mt. Washington). This is to contain their sudden growth into the county and keep the integrity of their identity of a rural business town. (Fall Semester) Esri / Illustrator
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Natural Grassland
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Main Trail Type This is an example of the main trail and the expected functions that will take place on them. There will be portions that have open lawns.
Natural Grassland Rugged Hike & Bike Trail The off-road type trails will be crossed by Zip-lining. These trails will be shared by experienced hikers and mountain bikers.
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Natural Grassland
Hiking Walking Biking Mountain Biking Helicopter Tour Trail Head Avian Habitat Aquatic Habitat Terrestrial Habitat Plant Habitat Forest Grassland
Big Level Adventure Park The focus of this park was to create a rural adventurous place where the region could come and enjoy themselves. Additionally, there are connections to distilleries and wineries. Local spirits venders will have satellite shops inside the park run by them. This is a way to promote local business and tourism. (Fall Semester)
InDesign / Photoshop / Esri / Illustrator
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NoLi Revitalization Lexington, Kentucky
NoLi Revitalization
Pedestrian Corridor Illustrating new shops and the new corridor for pedestrian traffic, including a crosswalk with a different paving pattern. Project Type: Urban Planning / Revitalization Location: North Limestone Road Lexington, Kentucky Size: 5.3 acres Time: Fourth Year - Second Semester Existing Issues: Vacant buildings, low income housing, little businesses, and food desert.
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North Limestone The North Limestone (NoLi) project was a design geared toward revitalizing a part of Lexington that has been in a decline for many years. This area has had many identities over it’s life, this plan would like to take the area in a new direction. One that welcomes local stores, entrepreneurs, and night life to the area. As of now the area is predominantly low income residential. Also, with unique historical industries. These include the first bus station in Lexington, Kentucky that began as a Grey Hound station in the 1950’s, and one remaining train stop, and warehouse.
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The design would increase vegetation by over 75 percent, slow traffic, increase walkability, and bikeability. There are a few interested parties invested in the future of the area. One of which was the NoLi Community Development Corporation (NoLi CDC) that worked toward bringing new businesses to the area, as well as, turning homes to promote residential growth. This design will phase in the programmatic elements to make the transition more cost effective, and allow for potential investors to see and experience the change. This site would then act as a catalysis for the surrounding neighborhoods.
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Existing Sidewalks: This diagram illustrates the disconnect of the sidewalks on the site. This was noted as a major problem for connectivity in and around the site. This road is wide and is underutilized.
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Existing Vegetation: There is very little vegetation on the site, which made the site hot in the summer, and very cold and windy in the winter.
Underutilized Buildings: Some of these buildings are being used and others are vacant. The buildings that are being used are not being used fully. They are focused around the intersection. InDesign / Photoshop / Illustrator
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Phase I: This phase introduces streetscape planting, standard painted crosswalks, pop-up farmers market in parking lot, and painted vacant store fronts.
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Phase III: This phase makes all spaces permanent. The warehouse is sub-divided into shops, Bryan Ave has trees planted in the ground. Fresh Food Mart becomes an actual building. Additionally, alternative trails are built. Brick Crosswalks and bike lanes are painted in colorfully.
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Phase II: Phase II created more permanent spaces, by adding medians to the road, a structure to the farmers market, painting colorful and marketable crosswalks, closing Bryan Ave. to through traffic.
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Bryan Ave. Corridor Displaying the Bryan Avenue pedestrian corridor. This corridor will be home to Night Markets, and will attract local vendors also, be the ground for seasonal beirgarten, offering local brews and foods.
Phase I Bryan Ave.
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Hand Render / InDesign / Photoshop / Illustrator
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Christ Church Campus Plan Lexington, Kentucky
Christ Church Campus Plan
Amphitheater View from the top the amphitheater down to the event stage. The event space is mainly for the churches choir. Project Type: Urban Planning / Campus Planning Location: 166 Market Street Lexington, Kentucky Size: 3.2 acres Time: Fourth Year - Second Semester Existing Issues: Low connectivity between church owned properties. Poor circulation, and vehicle traffic. Parking is only large enough for 1/3 of the congregation.
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Christ Church Cathedral Christ Church Cathedral is the oldest church in Lexington, Kentucky established in 1796. The church has been acquiring property to accommodate its’ expansion in congregation and community works. The church has asked for a comprehensive plan for the future growth of the church and their current needs. This design meets all of their requirements, notably more safer accessible parking, outdoor green space, and outdoor venue for their renowned choir. Christ Church is located in downtown Lexington, this is an interesting challenge. The goal is to bring people from
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downtown venues to the site. During services, members of the congregation walk up to a 3/4 mile from their parking. This is a problem, the fact that a church of this size does not have ample parking for its members. Granted parking in a downtown setting is hard to come by, this will be a constraint in the program forcing logical parking vertical. The key is for the parking to not over power the church in height or architecture. The next task that is pressing is safe crossing from parking to services. This plan achieves this with a change in road materials and colors.
Pedestrian Crossing This diagram shows where pedestrians cross the roads surrounding Christ Church Cathedral on days of service. The darker the color, the higher frequency of foot traffic crossing the roadway. The less frequent foot traffic will be lighter. Pedestrians do not always cross at crosswalks, they will j-walk from the garage or from on-street parking or adjacent parking lots. This creates a major safety problem.
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Actual Pedestrian Crossing Existing Patterns Shown is the speed of the roadways adjacent to Christ Church Cathedral, and their direction. Additionally, where paintedin or visible crosswalks are located. As you can see, there is not a cross walk in the location of the majority of the foot traffic is concentrated. This is something that will be addressed in the design. The roadway that does not have a crossing is two lanes and the average actual speed of the vehicles is 39. (Speed recorded in group by Eric Lee)
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Crosswalks and Speed Sketchup / InDesign / Photoshop / Illustrator
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Outdoor Stage
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Amphitheater
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Apartment Rooftop Patio accessible to residents of the apartment and the customers from the first floor cafe. From the rooftop you have great views of downtown.
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Kids Rooftop Playground available to the congregation from within the building. Also there is a seating area for the parents.
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Park Space Graffiti Public space with a park feel to bring people into the site and give the community a gathering place that is comfortable.
Blocking Views is used to create spaces that separate you from the downtown setting to direct your attention. Additionally, the berm and vegetation block traffic (if you are in the space) and the parking (if you are outside the space).
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Pedestrian Vista between the apartment (left) and school (right) buildings. This space has been changed from vehicle dominated to pedestrian only. Before it was purely functional and now will provide seating, water features, human scale vegetation, and patio space for the cafe. The rail on the rooftops is glass to allow for people to see out and down into the pedestrian vista.
Market Street Drop-off is the new drop-off that allows for the congregation to enter into a new reception area to allow for a safer campus. This entry takes you directly to the services area. The location of the drop-off allows for a vehicle to drop off their loved ones and drive around the block to park in the garage. This building is the school, office space, daycare and playground (roof). This makes the interior space as versatile as the exterior.
Amphitheater Berm doubles as seating for the churches choir and open lawn for picnics, lounging, meeting, vendor space, outdoor classrooms, and many more. This space has the volume to handle large groups and smaller niches for more personal gatherings. Hand Render / Sketchup / InDesign / Photoshop / Illustrator 26
Technical Drawings
Lexington, Kentucky
Technical Drawings
Grading and Drainage
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
The Learning Center Outdoor Cafe and classroom for an alternative high school in Lexington, Kentucky. The project was designed by Qianhui Miao in the Materials and Methods course at the university of Kentucky. Her design was picked by the school out of the class. The class then divided into groups to construct her design. I, along with a few other students constructed the drystone walls, with the supervision of the Drystone Conservancy in Lexington. 6" Batter
Coping Cap stone ~3"
9-12" 1 foot
Crushed stone core Tie stone
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Foundation 4"
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Drystone Wall Detail
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2 feet 28 inches
4 feet
Step 1: Foundation
Wider then the intended wall to prevent tipping
Step 2: Batter
Batter at 6:1 (angle of wall). One foot intervals (vertically) place tie that runs the width of wall 18� O.C. (length).
Seating
Permeable Concrete
Step 3: Cap & Coping
Cap covers the entire top of wall. Placed on top is the coping, 1 foot tall.
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Eric Michael Lee 270-929-6646 ericmlee.la@gmail.com