Erika Mueller Landscape architecture Portfolio
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Erika Mueller
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Academic studio
MASTER PLANNING
Urban Waterfont Redevelopment:
Union Pier
Community Revitalization:
Sterling Neighborhood
Professional
UNIVERSITY PLANNING & DESIGN PROJECTS
Courtyard Renovation:
Student Union
Custom Benches:
Tiger Band Plaza
Clemson University Site Design Guidelines
Hand Crafting
MODELING
Form Inspired Landscape
Meadow, Forest, Lake
LANDSCAPE SKETCHING
Urban Waterfront Redevelopment Charleston, SC Union Pier With its naturally deep port and ideal location favorable to North Atlantic trade winds, Charleston was settled in 1663 as a British colonial trading port. For over 300 years, Charleston’s waterfront has been the catalyst for its economy. Union Pier, located on Cooper River on the east side of the Charleston peninsula, continues to operate at the center of global commerce and trade, serving as a bulk cargo facility and the city’s cruise ship terminal. The scope of this redevelopment totals 50 acres and encompasses Union Pier, which is managed by the South Carolina Ports Authority.
Design Goal To integrate Charleston’s maritime and post-industrial heritage into an ecologically responsible and sustainable redesign of its urban waterfront.
Master’s Thesis
Union Pier
Historical Research
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Colonial Trading Port
Trading Wharves
1900
2014
Industrial Cargo / Cruise Operations
Design Strategy & Elements connection to the city recreation
views
continuous public access to the water
multimodal transport
the greatest asset of any waterfront
urban waterfront design principles
education
sustainability
the water itself vegetation and wildlife
pocket green spaces
green roofs
maritime and post-industrial infrastructure and heritage
highlights local identity, history, and culture
railroad lines
healthy ecosystems
permeable paving
ecologically responsible and sustainable design
stormwater gardens
marsh restoration and daylighting
Customs House
creates a unique sense of place Bennett Rice Mill
wharves and piers
Integrate Maritime & Post-Industrial Heritage
Customs House
Green Connection
Sea Steps
Temporary Markets
Re-establish Customs House as Charleston's Front Door
Connect The City To Its Waterfront
Create View Corridors & Public Access
Master Plan Bennett Rice Mill
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Cooper River Pier Pilings
Scenic Overlook
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Artisans/Galleries
Children’s Museum Visitors Center
Splash Pad Stormwater Park
Maritime Art / Sculpture Retail & Restaurants
University Maritime Museum Public Market
Market Street
Sea Steps
Customs House
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Community Revitalization Greenville, SC Sterling Neighborhood Once a thriving African American community, the Sterling Neighborhood faces the challenges of a decreasing population, a lack of community cohesiveness, rising crime rates, and abandoned and derelict properties.
Design Goal To revitalize the community by providing residents with pleasant and safe access to spaces and places to recreate, garden, shop, and interact and to link the Sterling Neighborhood to nearby Greenville’s CBD.
Design Strategy Encourage pedestrian activity by creating passive and active recreation spaces along new neighborhood greenways, a tree-lined retail boulevard, and centrally located town square. Improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety with traffic calming measures, bike lanes, and sidewalk enhancements and streamline vehicular traffic with road realignments that connect to Greenville’s street grid. Community Studio - Year 2 Designed in partnership with Christine Rollins
Land Use
Proposed Land Use
Existing Zoning
Roadways
Proposed Road Realignment
Existing Road Hierarchy
Roadway Redesign
Sterling Boulevard Narrow vehicular lanes Designated bike path Street trees Raised intersections Landscaped islands Adequate lighting Stormwater management
St. Francis Community Garden St. Francis Hospital Pen dlet
St. Francis Hospital Friends and Family Co-Op Housing
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Shoeless Joe Jackson Park (1 mi)
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Mini Park
Community Garden
Mini Park
Town Square Mini Park Brushy Creek
Tiger Trail
Community Gardens Hope Center Park
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Student Courtyard Renovation Clemson, SC A student union should be designed as a place for people to gather, relax, and interact; as a space to take a break from the hecticness of collegiate life. The enclosed courtyard of Clemson University’s Student Union feels disconnected and uninviting. Visually separated from the campus, the space is dominated by brick hardscaping and lacks adequate ADA accessibility.
Design Goal A peaceful yet playful oasis for students to lounge in hammocks, to hang out with friends, to surf the interent, or to watch an outdoor evening movie.
Design Strategy Create a comfortable microclimate with tree canopies, tables with umbrellas, sail shades, and patio heaters. Soften the space with wood decking, bamboo and grasses, green screening, and hammocks. Increase hours of usability at night with lighting and programming. Provide ADA accessibility with ramps incorporated into the decking.
Designed in partnership with Marissa DiLoreto for Clemson University Student Affairs
Courtyard Design
Tiger Band Plaza Custom Benches Clemson, SC
Clemson’s Tiger Band Practice Field has been recently redesigned as Spirit Point at Tiger Band Plaza and is anchored by an S-curved pergola. The Tiger Band can be heard from the plaza across campus when it practices in the afternoons during the school year.
Design Project Design and generate CAD drawings of two custom teak and granite benches to fit the radii of the curves of the pergola. Placed under the vine covered steel structure, the benches create places for visitors to sit and watch the band practice, shaded from the heat of the afternoon sun.
Designed for DP3 Architects
7' Teak and Granite Bench
43'-0" Radius
Slat Detail
Section
Clemson University Site Design Guidelines Clemson, SC Clemson University’s Site Design Guidelines describe the procedures, standards, processes, and implementation for the design of campus improvements that reinforce and maintain a unified visual campus character.
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
Project Goal To edit, revise, reformat, and update the university’s current Site Design Guidelines which were drafted in 2001. New additions included a Bicycle Systems Section and an Appendix with Product Specifications for Campus Standard Products and Materials. With an end goal of creating an accessible resource for those involved in planning for change on the campus, I embedded hyperlinks to further reference detailed information and linked the entire document to Clemson University’s Facilities website.
SITE DESIGN GUIDELINES
Adopted by President Barker and Clemson’s Administrative Council in June of 2012.
Available At www.clemson.edu/facilities/campus-planning/sdg.
Created for Clemson University
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V EHICULAR
BICYCLE
VEGETA TION
FURNISHINGS
LIGHTING
SIGNA GE
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SITEWORK
PARKING
Form Inspired Landscape
A mechanized time punch clock is disassembled and its components analyzed for their shape, form, texture, and volume. They are re-envisioned as elements of an Italian Renaissance landscape.
Meadow, Forest, Lake
materials: wood, tin, moss, soil, clay, rock, water, vegetation
A collage inspired and created from the natural elements found in an experimental forest
Sketch Color
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