Holzum Portfolio by Andrew Holzum

Andrew Holzum

Landscape Architect Portfolio

Statement of Intent My strengths include my rendering ability, hand sketching, lettering, writing, and researching. Along with this, I have confidence in explaining my designs to clients or critics. I am good at working within a team setting, helping where I am needed, or doing what needs to be done. I would like my portfolio identity to reflect what I am passionate about within the field of landscape architecture. Though I appreciate many aspects of the field, the majority of my projects emphasize place-making, ecology, and transitions. Motivation for my work (largely or mostly) comes from my own experiences. Growing up in a large town having a diverse society and different forms of open space varying from parks to urban streetscapes, my views have been shaped which, in turn, influenced some of my designs. Along with this, seeing different elements while traveling has been a very big motivating factor as well. Often, one main factor driving the inspiration for my designs is when an opportunity presents itself in the form of a dilemma. Included in my portfolio is work that tells about the three areas of focus; place-making, ecology, and transitional spaces. This compilation of designs showcases my growing passion and abilities related to landscape architecture.

Table of Content Aggieville Urban redevelopment and revitalization

Library Planting design and layout

North Campus Retreat Site design and re-purposing

Willard Terrace

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Site design and redevelopment

Council Grove Restoring community identity

Colbert Hills Golf Course Ecological design and technical specifications

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Aggieville

(Andrew Holzum, Beth Krehbiel, Libby Tudor)

Aggieville is a highly influential business district within the region of Manhattan, KS that is becoming over populated with drinking establishments. This district has been a part of the region for 125 years, but currently faces heavy competition with other districts and lacks investment and access. By focusing on the economic benefits, social opportunities, and connective possibilities, our group finds possible ways to redefine the business district, making it accessible for all users.

Economics (Beth Krehbiel)

The first benefit that my group looked at was economic. Our findings showed that there has been little to no public investment in Aggieville except for street renovations within the past twenty years. Currently, downtown Manhattan is being redeveloped both privately and publicly. Through research on the future population increase in Manhattan, and where the supporting development for that population is going to go, Aggieville is a prime area for investment.

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Population, Investment, Trends With the National Bio and Agriculture Defense Facility (NBAF) and current growth of Manhattan, the population is projected to increase by about 30% within the next 20 years. As for investment, for every dollar that is invested by the city, nine dollars of private investment is generated. According to our sources, in 2000s, home ownership rates, reasonable mortgages, and housing square footages are decreasing, while residential density is increasing.

Housing constraints

Social

(Andrew Holzum)

Partnerships Partnerships between Kansas State University or regional schools and Aggieville would increase and diversify the demographics that use Aggieville, providing new opportunities for retail, entertainment, and personal services.

Connections (Libby Tudor)

Phasing With the National Bio and Agriculture Defense Facility (NBAF) and current growth of Manhattan, the population is projected to increase by about 30% within the next 20 years. As for investment, for every dollar that is invested by the city, nine dollars

of private investment is generated. According to our sources, in 2000s, home ownership rates, reasonable mortgages, and housing square footages are decreasing, while residential density is increasing.

Partnerships In order to bring a different demographic into Aggieville, partnership programs can be looked at between KSU, Aggieville, and local K-12 schools for showcasing work.

A KSU student remembers that one of his friends from the College of Arts and Sciences has artwork on display in Aggieville’s new civic space. He does not have much time between his classes so he decides to check a bike from the bike share station by the Union with his annual student pass.

Connections Connections between major districts such as Aggieville, downtown, and KSU will be important with the growth of Manhattan, providing safe, convenient access to goods, services, and entertainment.

A couple who lives at Meadowlark Hills has family in town for the weekend and they are staying downtown at the Hilton Garden Inn. This couple loves to interact with people and walk around so they take the express shuttle to their family’s hotel to meet them. Later, they go shopping in Aggieville and let their grand children have a tour of the KSU campus.

Economics Investment has been made in the urban redevelopment of downtown and with the new addition of NBAF, Aggieville is becoming an asset for future development.

Library The site for this project is located within a rural community within the Midwest. Some of the project specifications include a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garden, a meditative reading area, and a community garden. Through planting design and layout, spaces are separated and designed to keep users within the space. By using planting design principles, it is possible to create an interesting landscape no matter what season of year.

Midwest library

Fountain

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This project consisted of three phases, the design phase, plant selection phase, and final production. The concepts that follow incorporate a civic reading space, community garden, and a children’s garden. While designing Midwest Library, heavy emphasis was placed on the placement of spaces, the feel of those spaces, and how the characteristics of plants might affect the space.

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Conceptual Plan

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Concept 1

Children’s Garden

Event Space Concept 2

Process Stages: Stage 1: Three Concepts including one

Children’s Gard

Reading Nook

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Stage 2: Line-work and consideration of seasonal interest through collaging.

Stage 3: Final rendering using photos or brushes in Photoshop.

Concept 3

Community Garden

Section view through fountain.

Final plan line work

Section view through childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garden.

Level change in reading nook. Plant characteristics year-round. Plant characteristics year-round.

Seasonal Collages Using scraps of paper, four seasonal collages were done in order to help clarify what spaces might look like in different seasons. This informed our designs when selecting a variety of plants so that there was seasonal interest in more than just once a year.

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Layering In order to create a visual guide that directs users into the space, plants are layered. This technique provides a sense of enclosure in some areas, while also allowing pedestrians visual access to multiple spaces.

Enclosed childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garden

Guided entrance into library

Elevation of entryway of library

View into reading nook

Claf lin triangle This projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s site is located on the edge of K-Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus, on what is called Claflin Triangle. The site is made up of a parking lot with a steep grade change from the South to the North, which poses problems for water runoff. Filled with contaminants from the parking lot, the water flows into a nearby creak to the east. There are many opportunities with this site, seeing as it experiences a lot of foot traffic on a daily basis from faculty and students that use the parking lot, as well as from students traveling from north to south as they leave the large lecture hall across the street and pass through this space in order to return to campus, which is to the south.

North Campus Retreat A place for recreation, relaxation, and ref lection The goals for the Claflin triangle project were to create nodes of space for recreation, relaxation, and reflection. With a new residential living building and new ground floor retail mixed use buildings, the space has a sense of enclosure. To mitigate the grade change on site, terraced green space is used. The circulation was kept the same as it was prior to redevelopment because the pathways provided the most direct access to where the users needed to go. In order to protect the creak to the east of the site, another terraced green space was added in the attempt to slow down runoff as well as promote infiltration. This area is heavily vegetated with hearty native species that might do well in this type of ecosystem. North Campus Retreat Site Plan N

20 West- East Section through arterial Path

Circulation View through the terraced park

Spatial Organization

Arial view of site

Drainage

Willard Terrace The considerations that went into redesigning the central quad on campus included circulation, experience, and topography. This project allowed us to focus on land form and how it effects our experience of a site. Circulation moves in every direction through the site, with the most heavily used pathway cutting diagonally (north east to south west) through the center of the space.

Sculpted Journey Experimenting with Land-form The driving force influencing my design was the focus on the journey through the site. The dominant path through the space is an arc, offering pedestrians different aesthetic views. On the Western side, primary views are of the rolling hills, along the

central path, emphasizing vegetation, and on the Eastern side, there is an open field along with an amphitheater receding into the ground. All of these experiences mimic that of the neighboring flint hills region.

Circulation Amphitheater General Seating Intimate Seating 15’-20’ 10’ 8’

B Leisure Hall

Willard Hall

Waters Hall

Perspective looking south from Waters Hall. Hand-rendered by Andrew Holzum N Site Grading Plan

Hale Library

Section B-B through Amphitheater. Hand-rendered by Andrew Holzum

Proposed Slope Analysis More exaggerated grade change is utilized for seating areas, while the areas that have the least dramatic grade change are used for walkways.

Steep Medium Walkways

Perspective looking North from Willard Hall into the Amphitheater. Image hand-rendered by Andrew Holzum

Council Grove Plaza This site is situated within downtown Council Grove, along the west bank of the Neosho River. This town is known for its rich history and ties to western settlement. Starting as a trade post, Council Grove became a hub for fur traders. With its prime location near the river, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t long before the land was settled and a community was established. This narrative is represented through the design of this plaza space.

Council Grove Plaza A space near the river

My inspiration for this project comes from the River. While yes, it is a big feature of the site, it is so much more. Water is a source of life, of society. Council Grove uses the water from the river. Water also shaped the land, The Flint Hills, forming flowing hills, intricate depressions, replicated here by berms. Society forms along the banks of rivers, as do the gathering spaces along the main pathway, leading through the space. The edges of the river define your route, leading you downstream, replicated by the use of hard-scape retaining walls and lighting fixtures. The largest element in this design is the sculpted tree. This element was chosen to represent Council Groveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interesting past, starting as a trade post that used a single tree as a marker, and developing into a settlement area. This is where the journey through historic Council Groves begins.

Fire Pit

Amphitheater

Covered Dinning Area

Site Plan N

Section through Amphitheater

Process drawing

View along corridor towards fire pit. Grade Change Grade change occurs to the North-East of the site, providing enclosure to the primary space. This is a gradual change, using a berm along the edges in order to create an exaggerated slope. Besides enclosing the primary space, this berm also provides a shaded lawn for seating.

Lighting Scheme Lighting is located along the pathways to guide you. The inground lights are used to draw your vision to the sculpture, so as not to compete, visually with the sculpture.

Process drawing View through amphitheater towards Main Street

Colbert Hills Golf Course When designing this space, heavy consideration was placed on the transition from where you are coming from, to where you are going. This design makes a statement beginning with the arrival sequence, so that you know you have arrived at Colbert Hills. This sense of place is achieved through the use of screens, signage, background, and foreground elements.

Colbert Hills Golf Course

Existing Veg. Short Grass Permeable

Transitional Pathways

Plants were selected by considering their ability to survive in the area. They were also selected for a desired purpose; to screen, to deal with storm water, or to serve as a form of seasonal interest. Most species are native, with a few perennial plants used to attract wildlife. By incorporating these plants

into the design, a space is created that captures your attention upon arrival. Located on top of a hill in rural Kansas, this region lacks shade, gets very dry, and, being on top of a hill, can experience high winds. These are the elements that were considered when creating a planting palate.

Planting Pallet

Proposed drainage Short

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Site line and heights

Permeability and water flow

Irrigation plan

Technical Spec Sheet Careful consideration was taken when designing key elements. These specification sheets are meant to help communicate the designs to the construction workers. They include dimensions, materiality, and steps to go about constructing these elements.