HannahBG Portfolio by Hannah Greendorfer

HANNAH GREENDORFER Landscape Architecture Portfolio UC Berkeley MLA hbgreendorfer@gmail.com

Table of Contents 00 ABOUT ME CONTACT RESUME

Professional Work

TRANSBAY ROOFTOP PARK: Maintenance Manual

EMERYVILLE: Christie Avenue in Berkeley

UNIVERSITY TEXAS DALLAS PHASE III: Rutford Pedestrian Walk

UNIVERSITY TEXAS DALLAS PHASE III: Geology Garden

+ Project Booklet

+ Biomedical Open Space and Rooftop Garden

+ Pedestrian Promenade

+ University Courtyard

Graduate Studies + Creative Work

SAN QUENTIN: Prison Yard Redesign

FLOODABLE DEVELOPMENTS: San Rafael Canal District

SCAFFOLDING INDIAN ROCK PARK

SYMANTEC COURTYARD

+ Public Realm

+ Coastal Management

+ Play Space

+ Corporate Outdoor Meeting Space

05 MENLO PARK: Private Residence

+ Contract Work

SUPPLY CHAIN FUTURES

HOUTAN PARK: Precent Research

TERRACED EDGES: Boalt Hall Berkeley

DRAWING THE CITY

BARTOK + STRINDBERG

+ Market Research

+ Bioremediation

+ Campus Redesign

+ Digital Drawing

+ Set Designs

TRANSBAY ROOFTOP PARK: Landscape Design + Maintenance Manual Office: Peter Walker Landscape Architecture Date: December 2019 Collaborators: Adam Greenspan and Laurel Hunter The Transbay Maintenance manual, a negotiated add service between TJPA and Lincoln Properties, addresses a critical and often overlooked component in project contracts. Typically, larger projects offer warranties on plant materials and basic maintenance agreements, but a comprehensive maintenance manual is rarely included. Projects like Transbay demand substantial investments from all parties involved, making long-term success crucial.

In this 120 page document, our intention was to ensure the park’s long-term vibrancy, health, and appeal. As park designers, our focus is on preserving the park’s fundamental design and structure while also allowing plant evolution to shape its unique character. This is particularly important for a project heavily reliant on planting concepts and feature gardens to provide a distinctive visitor experience. REDWOOD FOREST

CALIFORNIA GARDEN

PALM GARDEN DESERT GARDEN

WETLAND GARDEN

FOG + WIND GARDEN

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CHILEAN GARDEN

SOUTH AFRICAN GARDEN

AUSTRALIAN GARDEN

MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN

PREHISTORIC GARDEN

EMERYVILLE: Christie Avenue in Berkeley Office: Peter Walker Landscape Architecture Date: February 2022 Collaborators: David Walker and Tengteng Wang This project was realized through Design Development and envisioned for a biomedical building in Emeryville, California. The central green space, a focal point, resembles a classic American campus quad for outdoor gatherings and collaborative work. It features a versatile stage, trellis canopy, and timber deck for performances. Thoughtfully arranged paths connect key building entrances and the sidewalk along Christie Avenue. Stone seatwalls and columnar poplar trees along the main diagonal path create social spaces and frame vistas. This central green space divides into two distinct zones: the Park, with a welcoming lawn and pedestrian-friendly amenities, and the Plaza, offering an intimate experience and seamless indoor-outdoor integration. Precedent Paving and Furnishings

Precedent Planting

The landscape surrounding the residential building offers residents a cozy retreat with shaded outdoor furnishings and a serene yoga lawn. A landscape buffer with tall poplar trees shields the site from unwanted views and enhances the overall driving and walking experience. Our landscape design emphasizes sustainability, integrating natural and social elements to improve the environment, mitigate development impacts, and enhance community health. We dedicated approximately 7,000 square feet of landscaped areas for sustainable stormwater management and introduced native and adaptive species to reduce irrigation needs in the rooftop meadow.

Illustrative Landscape Plan - Ground Level

Illustrative Landscape Plan - Roof Level

RUTFORD PEDESTRIAN WALK: University Texas Dallas Phase III Office: Peter Walker Landscape Architecture Date: Phase III work began January 2019 Collaborators: Seth Bates, Connie Roppel, and Conard Lindgren This project was part of the UTD Phase III redesign, transforming 8 zones of campus including the Rutford corridor. It involved changing the northern section into a vehicle artery and the southern part into a mixed-use pedestrian promenade. The plan extended canopy tree planting along Rutford to enhance the pedestrian experience. The promenade repurposes the existing road for pedestrians, cyclists, skateboarders, shuttles, and service access. By replacing pavement with central pedestrian pathways and planting canopy trees, it offers shade and open space, and cadence to the walk. SCHEMATIC DESIGN RENDERING

COMPLETED RUTFORD

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT RUTFORD NORTH SECTION

TRENCH DRAIN AT EXISTING CATCH BASIN

MOCK UP DEMONSTRATION SKETCH

THROUGH CURB BUBBLE UP

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GEOLOGY GARDEN: University Texas Dallas Phase III Office: Peter Walker Landscape Architecture Date: Geology Garden Redesign began April 2020 Collaborators: Conard Lindgren and Martha This portion of the phase III resdesign, celebrates the Geology Garden as a vital link bridging the campus mall and Rutford promenade. Embracing the natural shade provided by mature red oaks and live oaks, our design prioritized sustainability and minimal disruption. Utilizing a contractorproposed Topping Product on existing concrete, clad planters and walls with wood to seamlessly blend with campus

aesthetics, and introduced a permeable stabilized gravel surface under the towering trees. The renovation extends to stairs with pre-cast concrete tread/risers, new safety rails, and handrails, enhancing accessibility. Improved lighting and thoughtfully placed seating elements have reimagined this space as a dynamic, inclusive hub for students and faculty alike.

SCHEMATIC DESIGN RENDERING

COMPLETED GEOLOGY GARDEN

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION

MENLO PARK: Private Residential Design Project Type: Residential contract work Date: Summer 2023 Duration: 3 months This built landscape design reimagines a small backyard in Menlo California. The design focused on creating ‘outdoor rooms’, each offering a unique feeling and experience from a winding walkway leading to a trellis-covered outdoor living room to a secluded fire pit area for quiet evenings. The incorporation of native plants and sustainable materials

Existing Conditions

In Construction

reflects an understanding of the local environment, ensuring a low-maintenance and low cost yet aesthetically pleasing space. This project showcases the power of consultant-led landscape design, combining practicality with artistic vision to craft a backyard that is not only a peaceful retreat but also an ideal setting for socializing and relaxation.

Completion of Seating Area

LIMINAL SPACES: San Quentin Prison Yard Project Type: UC Berkeley Studio, Individual Date: Spring 2018 Duration: 6 Weeks The restorative justice movement in the United States incorporates a strong human rights perspective when considering the needs of those within the criminal justice system. Rather than seeing incarceration solely as a period of punishment, restorative justice attempts to address socioeconomic impacts for individuals, facilitating rehabilitation and healing during incarceration. It is within this framework that I developed this project for the re-design of the San Quentin Prison Yard, building restorative justice principles into the design of an already very politically and racially charged space. This site, of course, presented unique design challenges, as it is heavily controlled for the management of prisoners and safety. This includes restricting any vertical elements which might

impede a view from the prison watch towers and housing any unfixed features. The active movement of prisoners is currently controlled via barbed wire metal fencing. With concern that prisoners have the ability to move freely within defined spaces, I designed a way in which linear forms can alter movement in the yard that would ultimately enable inmates to participate in programing currently offered at the prison. This includes art classes, literacy programs, theatre, yoga, and continuing education programs. In talking with inmates and guards while visiting the prison, I established three primary goals for this design project: that it become a restorice place that celebrate identity and a space for play.

Apiary Bee Boxes

The UN-OPS design and planning of prison facilities should take into account:

The movement of inmates is heavily controlled (often with barbed wire fencing), but inmates should be able to move around freely within specific spaces. Creating a physical environment where movement is easily controlled can allow staff to let inmates out of their cells during day hours to spend more time engaged in positive activities. Good creative security increases prisoner freedoms.

1. Physical requirements for prisons involve more than cell dimensions 2. A prison requires more space than the sum of areas required for each function 3. Good security increases prisoner freedom 4. A prison costs more to build than other buildings 5. Separation of categories

Indication of Seasonality Referencing Historic San Quentin Architecture Doorways taken from original San Quentin construction documents are recreated to embrace the history and identity of the space, the innate beauty in the stone work, as well as the separation of activities.

Even a minor sentence can feel like a millenia. Inmates report an disorientation of time and inability to connect to outside current events and advancements. This project aims to present seasonality in the yard with carefully chosen plantings.

Inmate Led Murals The mural movement is growing in cities across the globe. It allows for pride in a space and a general sense of neighborhood belonging. Inmate led murals should be collaborative at San Quentin, ideally building common ground for an already racially charged space.

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Ceanothus ‘Julia Phelps’

Gilia capitata

Lavandula stoechas ‘Quasti’

Phacelia tanacetifolia

Salvia brandegeei

Rudbeckia hirta

Eryngium spp.

Nepeta faassenii

Cosmo sulphureus

Perovskia atriplicifolia

Aster x frikartii ‘Monch’

SPRING/SUMMER Spring / Summer

Bidens ferulifolia

Escholzia californica

SUMMER/FALL Summer/Fall

Cosmos bipinnatus

Gaillardia grandiflora

Encouraging Surrounding Ecology to Enter the Yard Inmates are never or rarely permitted to leave the premises. However the design encourages local bay area ecology through, bee boxes and bird habitat to enter the yard.

FLOODABLE DEVELOPMENTS: San Rafael Canal District Project Type: UC Berkeley Studio, Group Work Date: Fall 2016 Duration: 5 Weeks As a departure from traditional flooding infrastructure that hides water away in underground pipes or reservoirs, this project encourages residents of San Rafael to coexist with water and learn about the landscape processes that offer flood protection. Our three main goals are as follows: BUILD UPWARDS: Mounding and constructing a super levee along the edge of the canal would allow the Canal District to be resilient in the face of SLR by placing it well above the MSL. In the event of seismic activity, a super levee is better equipped to prevent liquefaction, which would also protect infrastructure (such as buildings, Hwys 101 and 580, and Canal Street) from damage. RECEDE + DENSIFY: The bulk of housing will be high density residential, ranging from 3-5 stories; housing will increase by 200% from the existing number of 1885 units to 5930 units to provide adequate, affordable housing accommodations for the currently overcrowded population of the Canal District. PROCEED: Some floodable housing will be moved to the edge of the levee. In the style of Hamburg, Germany’s Hafencity: a limited amount of luxury waterfront units will be provided along the edge of the canal and along the edge of the floodable park at the rear near Hwy 101. These locations will provide both private spaces for residents of these properties and public spaces for the community at large.

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DREDGED MATERIAL

San Rafael Creek Channel

150,000 cubic yards

of sediment dredged from the San Rafael Creek Channel Across the Flats + Inner Channel/ every 4-7 years

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LONG LARGE SCALE FLOODING

SEISMIC ACTIVITY

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prolonged high water creates stress against levee

ground may liquify causing damage to infrastructure

water slowly overtops levee, preventing it from breaking

the extended width allows prolonged water to seep into the levee without breaking the structure

better equipped to prevent liquifaction

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SCAFFOLDING INDIAN ROCK PARK Project Type: Studio, Individual Work Date: Spring 2016 Duration: 3 Weeks This design project, spanning 1 acre, is nestled in the picturesque Berkeley Hills, providing a scenic and enriching backdrop for its recreational objectives. In education, scaffolding refers to a variety of instructional techniques used to move students progressively toward developmental growth and ultimately, greater independence. “Scaffolding Indian Rock Park” aims to create spaces that cater to individuals of all ages, facilitating their gradual growth and fostering independence within a natural recreational setting. Additionally, this project is designed to promote diverse play types, including: PHYSICAL PLAY: climbing, moving materials, building, motor skills COLLABORATIVE/SOCIAL PLAY: building relationships, interaction EXPLORATORY PLAY: engaging the 5 senses, tactile and auditory experience CREATIVE PLAY: using materials in creative flexible ways

Impressions from the Rock

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Planting Palette

Anamorphic Illusions

CAREX PANSA

NEPHROLEPIS CORDIFOLIA

VERBENA LILACINA

SALVIA CHAMAEDRYOIDES

HELLEBORUS ARGUTIFOLIUS

DYMONDIA MARGARETAE

STACHYS BYZANTINA

QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA

MUSCARI ARMENIACUM

CHONDROPETALUM ELEPHANTINUM

PITTOSPORUM TOBIRA

ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA

ACHILLEA ‘Moonshine’

ESCHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA

Teen and Early Childhood

SYMANTEC COURTYARD Project Type: Studio, Individual Work Date: Spring 2018 Duration: 3 Weeks With this studio project I was tasked to design a courtyard at a cyber security company in Mountain View, California. My design of a circuit board complete with transistors, capacitors, and inductors is expressed as brass inlay detailing on the ground plane. The extruded brass poles at the “connector” creates an enclosed outdoor meeting space for employees and visiting professionals. A circuit board serves to mechanically support and electrically connect components of information. This project design aims to link people and exchange of ideas by way of the same mechanisms. It also supports an interesting view down into the courtyard from the surrounding multistory building.

SUPPLY CHAIN FUTURES: Nevada’s Carson Irrigation District Project Type: Studio, Group Work Date: Spring 2017 Duration: 8 Weeks This project aim to investigate the market forces and it’s effect on Water Supply in the Truckee Carson Irrigation District. Located approximately 60 miles east of Reno, the agricultural community of Fallon, Nevada has forever been the beneficiary of a complex desert irrigation system. Based on the history and context of the site we conceptualized four sustainable futures of the TCID based on various scenarios of the access to water and markets:

STRIP CROPPING CULTIVATION IN WHICH DIFFERENT CROPS ARE SOWN IN ALTERNATE STRIPS TO PREVENT SOIL EROSION

Drip Irrigation

Determined grade slows water runoff and increases percolation

Reduce soil erosion from water and transport of sediment

Protect growing crops from damage by wind-borne soil particle

Synergistic growth effects

Flexible System: Emphasizes modular and sharing components that can easily be adjusted to outside conditions of water and markets, such as moving production and farming pods, shared equipment, and polyculture. Self-Sustaining System: Focuses on the production and consumption of agriculture locally through the diversification of crops and animal products. Water Conservation System: Supports a businessas-usual outcome, in that TCID will continue to primarily produce forage crops and dairy exports, but will obtain their results through various well-known techniques to reduce agricultural water consumption.

LOW TILL FARMING THE DISTURBANCE OF THE SOIL IS KEPT TO A MINIMUM WITH THE INTENTION OF PERSERVING THE WATER HOLDING CAPACITY

Fuel costs saved by running the tractor less

Prevents damage to the soil which can lead to erosion and sediment down stream Keeps soil nutrients on site

The utilization of crop residues in no-till farming increases water infiltration and therefore retention (i.e. less evaporation from soils)

Underground System: As the most extreme possibility, TCID could adopt techniques to move agricultural production underground by capping the existing canals and creating a tunnelled network.

No-till farming, when paired with a crop covering, reduces carbon emissions through greater sequestration of carbon dioxide by the soil

This project is also founded on it’s complex context and series of assumptions.

TAILWATER RETURN SYSTEMS TAILWATER RETURN SYSTEMS CATCH RUNOFF AND PUMP THE WATER BACK ONTO THE FIELD FOR REABSORPTION

Catches excess sediment

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Improved nutrient control and managment in the soils

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Environmental impacts of tailwater leaving the site are minimized

Groundwater pumping costs reduced by reusing tailwater

Tailwater collection systems remove standing water, which prevents crop loss and weed growth

● Vulnerable Yet Optimized: Fallon agricultural system is quite vulnerable: to fluctuating but ultimately decreasing water levels with climate change; to trade wars with other countries; and to changing consumer preferences. In another sense, the Fallon agricultural system is quite optimized to internal and external conditions; the alfalfa/forage fields fully utilize water allotments and are possibly the best crops for the high-salinity soil ● Lack of Incentives/Inventiveness: The farmers utilize their full water allotment every year, even if it is not necessary, in order to not lose any of their water rights. ● Degrees of Manipulation: Although there are some immediate concerns about TCID, we should consider it in a spectrum of how societies manipulate water and land for both human habitation/needs. It’s important to not automatically disregard TCID.

HOUTAN PARK: Precedent Research Project Type: Studio, Individual Work Date: Spring 2016 Duration: 2 Weeks Following in-depth research of Turenscape’s work on Shanghai Houtan Park, we were tasked to identify the main project goals, limitations of the design, and reinterpret the graphics. The pre-existing concrete floodwall on site was designed to protect against a 1,000-year flood event with a top elevation of 6.7 meters, but was rigid and unable to adapt to the changing climate. Houtan Park both restores the degraded environment and manages flooding along the canal. The terrace design of the wetland alleviates the elevation difference between the city and the river and reconnects people to the edge. Regenerative design strategies were used to transform the site into a living system that offer ecological services such as: food production, flood, water treatment, and habitat construction.

BIOREMEDIATION Grade V Grade II

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS AND TERRACES Wetlands Terrace

SITES WITH RECYCLED MATERIALS

.............................................93 species ............................................. 100 birds observed ............................................. 50,000 gallons of water treated

............................................. 8 patents ............................................. 37 tons of

reused steel

TERRACED EDGES: Boalt Hall UC Berkeley Project Type: Studio, Individual Work Date: Spring 2016 Duration: 2 Weeks With this studio project I was tasked to redesign Boalt Hall on the UC Berkeley Campus using principles learned from researching Turenscapes’ Houtan Park. Like in Turenscape’s project, my terracing design alleviates the elevation difference between the patio and the street life, engages the community, and provides continuity between disjointed spaces. It also features a drainage system similar to Houtan Park, in which the terraces slow water in pockets to alleviate sudden sheet flows down the steep grade.

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Houtan Park

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community

separate/disjointed spaces no communal spaces on lower levels

static seating

The area is long and narrow locked between streets and buildings

terracing need to break elevation change with terracing highlighting views

engaging people with the waterfront

providing continuity w/ common textures, materials, or colors

seperation from the street singular entry and exit paths

bioremediation

screens

nesting industrial reuse

community spaces with vegetation screens

views of the skyline

connectivity

confusing circulation

Existing Edge Condition Existing Circulation

Breaking Down the Edge New Circulation Pattern

Utilizing Plantings and Existing Steep Grade to Filter Runoff

DRAWING THE CITY: Digital Drawing Set 1) The City of Sunken Mechanics 2) The Pleated City 3) The City Interrupted 4) The Postcard City 5) The Uprooted City

SET DESIGN MODEL: Béla Bartók’s Bluebird’s Castle Project Type: Set Design Course Duration: 3 Weeks Landscape architecture and set design are two distinct fields that often intersect in their principles and objectives. The intersection of these fields lies in their shared goal of creating immersive environments. Both landscape architects and set designers must consider how people will interact with the spaces they create, ensuring that these environments not only

tell a story but are also functional. Designing the set for Bartok’s opera “Bluebird’s Castle” is a challenging but exciting task due to the fantastical and complex nature of the story. In this project I needed to envision a visually stunning castle that embodies both grandeur and intricate mysterious detailing and innovative spatial design.

SET DESIGN MODEL: August Strindberg’s Miss Julie Project Type: Set Design Course Duration: 2 Weeks Designing a set for Strindberg’s “Miss Julie” requires a thoughtful blend of realism and symbolism to capture the play’s intense psychological drama. Considerations include creating a space that feels both claustrophobic and mundane, symbolizing the constraints faced by the characters. Often depicted with an

authentic 19th century kitchen details and a muted color palette can enhance the realism. The set design plays a pivotal role in enhancing the tension and emotional depth of Strindberg’s complex characters and their interactions.