Gwen Adrianne
Heerschap
landscape
architecture
portfolio
Gwen Adrianne Heerschap
72 Rowland Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey 07012 gheerschap4@gmail.com (201) 704-6714
Objective
To attain employment in the field of landscape architecture where I may be able to exercise creativity in the design process and practice sustainable techniques
Core Competences
AutoCAD Rhinoceros 3D Hand Drafting Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Microsoft Office ArcGIS
Education
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture
May 2014
The County College of Morris Associate Degree in Applied Science
May 2010
Roy DeBoer Travel Prize
Summer 2013
Sigma Lamba Alpha Honor Society
Spring 2012
Kevin Dorko Memorial Scholarship
2012-2013
Richfield Farms and Garden Center 1139 Van Hounten Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey
May 2008- Present
Ag in the City Research Intern Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture
June 2013- December 2013
Rubble Research and Design Intern Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture
May- July 2013
Awards and Scholarships
Work Experience
2013-2014
Table of Contents
Newark Public Library Open Space
Spring 2012
Lawrence Brook Watershed
Fall 2012
Salt River Bay National Historic Park
Spring 2013
The Living Sea Wall
Fall 2013
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2.0 3.0 4.0
Newark Public Library Open Space 1.0 Location__ Newark, New Jersey Description__ The objective of this studio was to explore the potential of the Public Library to offer broad community-scale benefits through the development and programming of its open spaces (un or under-used exterior spaces owned by the public library). One of the library’s most valued amenities is its collection of art and images. However, all the library’s collections are held in the atrium on the second and third floors which are transitional spaces and are not used by library visitors for long durations of time. The Newark Public Library has the opportunity to better showcase its collections by locating them where its visitors spend the most time. The goal of this project is to restore the connection between the people of Newark, New Jersey and the cultures and inspirations that have helped shape its beauty. This connection can be achieved by the insertion of the Library’s collections into the Open Space.
Corridor Condition of the Existing Library Open Space The library open space is long and narrow, and will provide a through connection from the busy parking lot on Essex Street to Washington Street. 1. Re-routed Corridor Weaving users through the space will slow their speed, allowing the Library Open Space to function as a social space rather than a utilitarian corridor. 2. Insertion of Art Collections The library’s extensive collection of art and imagery is inserted into the open space, providing a chicane, around which the corridor is re-routed, and allowing the visitor to enjoy the library’s most prized possessions.
3. Program Placement Changing the circulation and inserting the art collections produces three unique areas for gathering: A. Foyer / Entry Space B. Sunken Reading Space C. Common Gathering Space
4. Planting Beds Planting areas are established to reinforce the placement of circulation, collections, and program.
Exploded Axonometric Drawing
Section B-B Section A-A
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Newark Public Library Open Space 1.0
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Detail Section at Proposed Slope Seating area and Folding Wall system at Annex Scale: 1/2”=1’
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Model View into the Open Space from Above Washington Street
Model View of Entry Space, Sunken Reading Space, Common Gathering Space
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Detail Section at Typical Art Collection Display Panel
Model View of the Foyer / Entry Space
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Model View of Commmon Gathering Space and Slopped Seating Area
Lawrence Brook Watershed 2.0
Location__ Middlesex County, New Jersey Description__ The objective of this Regional Design Studio was to improve water quality and water flow throughout the Lawrence Book Watershed by the use of Best Management Practices (BMPs). The BMP chosen was the reduction of turf grass throughout the watershed and replacemetn with native meadow grasses and wildflowers. With the use of GIS, locations for a site intervention were chosen based on classifications of the amount of turf grass currently present, high groundwater recharge, erodible soils and total suspended solids. Through GIS analysis, it was determined that Single Unit Rural Residential Sites were best suited for implementation and from this site typology it was narrowed down to one block of homes on Golden Pond Drive to a single site parcel where a site design serves as an example of how this BMP could function in the landscape.
Section of Turf Grass and Root System
Site interpretation_ Spray paint on 24�x36� chipboard
Isometric of Meadow and Root Systems
Watershed Impact Single Unit Rural Residential
Acres
TSS Currently Lost (lbs)
TSS Reduction (lbs)
Single Home on Golden Pond Drive
2
810
526
283
All Homes on Golden Pond Drive
21
8,505
5,528
2,977
1,161
470,610
305,897
164,714
All Single Unit Rural Residential Sites
Residential Site on Golden Pond Drive
µ Total Suspended Solid Data for Golden Pond Drive
Erodible Soil Classification for Golden Pond Drive
1622.865696 1622.865697 - 3865.604335
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Inches of Groundwater Recharge Per Year Impacting Golden Pond Drive
Potentially Highly Erodible Land
12.150000 - 13.057500
Not Highly Erodible Land
13.057501 - 13.965000
Golden Pond Drive
Golden Pond Drive
13.965001 - 14.872500
Streams
14.872501 - 15.780000
Streams
Golden Pond Drive Streams
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