Portfolio: James Harris Moore

JAMES MOORE

CANDIDATE FOR MLA 2013, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MUP 2010, HARVARD GSD BA 2007, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

How can we create spaces that enrich communities, strengthen ecological resilience and provoke wonder, curiosity or contemplation? I aspire to be an advocate in design and planning for a rigorous and joyful engagement with people, spaces and systems on all scales. I want to create great places in the public and private realm; redesign aging infrastructure by hybridizing urban and natural systems; recover regional and local identity and culture; and rethink rural and suburban cultural landscapes through an ecological lens. As leaders in design and planning, we must ask how our work can not only repair environmental problems but how we can develop new hybrid conditions of constructed and natural systems.

Design offers a method of creating and testing visions for nature and the city, instead of maintaining a false separation of the two. I hope to continue my interests in these subjects through my research on public space and green infrastructure.

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Studio Work 2009-2012 Pollock’s Branch Market: Charlottesville B.R.I.D.G.E Minneapolis The Yard: Nashville Sand Engine: Hampton Roads Controlled Inundation: Atchafalaya Basin Campus Edge: Observatory Hill Superterp: Dordrecht. The Netherlands.

Reclaiming the River: Concord

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What are the possibilities for the city when green infrastructure meets the public realm? This studio explored the design of a new market district in Charlottesville, Virginia which would reimagine public space. Our project proposes establishing a market district on the site of the Friendship Court housing project that marks a trailhead connecting to a larger stream and recreational network.

The district will introduce a new hydrologic identity within the proposed mixed-income community, creating “cells” of water absorption alongside the daylit Pollock’s Branch stream. Within this vision, the market becomes a place where citizens can interact, embrace local food and begin to understand their place within the region.

POLLOCK’S BRANCH MARKET: CHARLOTTESVILLE 3rd Year Studio. Fall 2012. Instructors: Elizabeth K. Meyer. Leena Cho.

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Mixed Income Housing Downtown Charlottesville

Daylit Pollock’s Run

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Ecological Corridor to Moore’s Creek Pollock’s Branch

Proposal showing water flow and storage.

Moore’s Creek

Existing Pollock’s Branch Watershed

Hydrologic Cell Concept

Left: The site of the new market district is within an urbanized watershed that offers an opportunity to create a trail connection south to Moore’s Creek.

Above Right: Proposal establishes new, mixed income housing on the west and eastern edges. The market straddles the intersection of 4th street with Garrett to the north. The daylit stream creates a series of zones to absorb flood waters.

Below Right: Reading the topography of the site allowed us to imagine “cells” of hydrologic treatment where water would be captured, treated and infiltrated.

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Market Plaza Market Street (Closed on Market Days)

Market Grove (Tents on Market Days)

Mixed Income Housing

Daylit Pollock’s Branch

Above: The market is divided into three zones which can all be activated during large market days and events. It activates the street and creates a gateway to a network of paths along the daylit Pollock’s Branch.

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Section B: Wooden open air structures offer shade and relief from rain for market vendors. Water collection and infiltration offer opportunities to create a rich public space as in the case of the gabion seat benches lining the bioswales in the market street detail.

Section C: Daylighting the stream, allows the creation of a series of dammed pools which not only slow peak stormwater runoff, but create a dramatic riparian landscape that marks the beginning of what could be a trailhead south to the larger regional trails.

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The BRIDGE proposes a vibrant, diverse, and sustainable neighborhood in Downtown East that will stitch existing urban fabric and catalyze future development in Minneapolis.

This innovative, human scaled district is characterized by a variety of dynamic public spaces—distinct in character yet calibrated to their use & context—for the daily resident and fun-seeking visitor exploring Minneapolis’ “last frontier.”

Downtown East has long resisted development, sagging under an over-proliferation of surface parking and challenging land uses. With existing proximity to the riverfront and the Guthrie Theatre and the proposed new Vikings stadium, Minneapolis has created a unique opportunity for a downtown neighborhood. Completion of the Central Line LRT will place our site a stop away from the University of Minneapolis.

The BRIDGE imagines a Downtown East that achieves 3 main goals: a high level of performance in the landscape and built environments; innovation through diverse office, retail, and educational programs; and a vibrant urban neighborhood with a range of activities—day or night, spring through winter.

BRIDGE: BRINGING RESIDENTS & INNOVATION TO DOWNTOWN’S GROWING EAST January 2013. Gerald D. Hines Competition Partners: Dani Alexander, Harriett Jameson, Nicholas Knodt, Owen Larkin

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Site Plan Above: The new Armory District would be formed around a series of mid-block spaces that provide public spaces designed for microclimate protection and stormwater absorption.

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CONCEPTUAL MOVES ESTABLISH circulation hierarchy for multi-modal transportation.

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PERFORATE grid for human scale connections.

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NEIGHBORHOOD AS NEXUS North Loop

Stone Arch Bridge

Marcy-Holmes Twins Stadium

Bike Parking

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Integrated Residential, Retail, & Flex Office to Support a Live/Work Environment

Building Orientation Protects Against NW Winter Winds

Intimate Public Spaces to Encourage Walkability in All Seasons

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Office For Sale

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THE ARMORY

S 5th St. Street Closed to Car Traffic, Open to Light Diverse Activity in Public Plaza Increasing Connections Rail, Pedestrian, & Bike Passage

LEED Silver Redevelopment of the Armory into a Mixed-Used Structure Supporting a Diversity of Events and Uses

S 6th St. Replace 3rd Car Lane with 2-Way Bike Lanes, Separated with Bioswale Buffer

S 7 th St. All New Offices LEED Silver Certified

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In 2012, the Nashville Civic Design Center hosted a design competition for a large scrap yard on the river in downtown Nashville.Teams were asked to imagine how the site might improve public health through recreation and sport program.

Our proposal, awarded 2nd place, creates spaces for healing, growth, and change by embracing a multifaceted view of health that extends beyond the physical body to the mind, city, and landscape. By combining physical, natural, and programmatic systems, The Yard nurtures the well-being of Nashville.

The organizing feature of The Yard is a new waterway for stormwater bounded by a lushly planted floodway.

Currently, stormwater outlets periodically discharge into the Cumberland River because outflow pipes cannot handle large volumes of rainwater.

The Yard would create two large mounds to cap and contain contaminated earth, adding a functional and significant element of topography to the site.

The Yard creates spaces for healing, growth, and change by embracing a multifaceted view of health that extends beyond the physical body to the mind, city, and landscape.

By combining physical, natural, and programmatic systems, The Yard nurtures the well-being of Nashville. From waterways, forests, and gardens to active sports fields to community-based class- es and art, different approaches to health converge in The Yard.

THE YARD: NASHVILLE

Summer 2012. Awarded 2nd place by jury. www.designing-action.com Partners: Kareeshma Ali and Jeffrey Goodman.

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Forebay for Benedict & Crutcher Sub-watershed Viewing Mound Made From Contained Soil

Nashville GreenBikes Center

Multi-Sport Fields St an Sylvv

Therapeutic / Botanical Gardens

Mixed Use Development

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Existing Building Renovated for Events Basketball Courts Converted Fuel Tank Adventure Playground

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Overlook / Stairs to The Cumberland

“Cayce Landing” Boat Put-In Stormwater Outlet

Increased Ped / Bike Lanes on Gateway Bridge

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“The Yard” creates spaces for healing, growth, and change by embracing a multifaceted view of health that extends beyond the physical body to the mind, city, and landscape. From waterways, forests, and gardens to active sports fields, to community-based classes, and art, different approaches to health converge in The Yard.

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1909 Map of Nashville showing “Shelby Pond” where the PSC Metal yard stands today.

Industrial development on the Cumberland has left us with a toxic legacy

STORMWATER FROM STADIUM PARKING

Treating the Water: Stream to Pool

STORMWATER FROM BENEDICT & CRUTCHER

SETTLING PONDS

Basin Area 277 acres Impervious 117 ac, 42.2%

Gasworks Park in Seattle embraced industrial legacy and used capped, polluted soil to build large earthworks.

Currently, the Benedict & Crutcher basin is piped through the site, offering an opportunity for retention and treatment.

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solvents pesticide lead hydrocarbons

Projects such as “The Dell” at University of Virginia, demonstrate how stormwater retention can create vital public space.

Contaminated soil can remain on site and be used safely when capped with an engineered lining.

A significant portion of our site was once covered by “Shelby Pond,” trapped behind the Cumberland’s natural levee. Eight combined sewer overflows remain Davidson County. The outlet for the Benedict & Crutcher watershed is piped through our site to the river. This Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) is responsible for 40-50 overflow events per year or a total of 90 hours (Metro Stormwater Presentation).The Yard would make the treatment of this stormwater the very spine of the design. Polluted soil is inevitable on a postindustrial site. The Yard would again, make use of this “waste” material to shape the site’s topography.

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“Nashville Green Bikes” Rack

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The Yard is a place where social and ecological health combine. Playing fields and stormwater stream corridors lie in close proximity, pressing into one another. Urban life often presents us simultaneously with beauty and pollution. In The Yard, contaminated soil and polluted stormwater runoff are foundations to a beautiful place. This tension creates more interesting and instructive landscapes.

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Virginia Sweetspire Itea virginica

Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta

Wetland Sycamore Platanus occidentalis

Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum prunifolium

Native Sumac Rhus sp.

Little Bluestem Rhus sp.

Riverside Vegetation

Yellowwood Cladrastis lutea

Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii

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Smooth Alder Alnus serrulata Cordgrass Spartina bakeri

Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea

Common Rush Juncus effusus

Rough-leaved Goldenrod Solidago rugosa

The Yard will be a place where the dynamic flows of time will be expressed through the water,vegetation, and fauna. Four main vegetation zones--Wetland, Riparian, Temperate, and Warm Season Meadow-reflect the frequency of inundation. In the background lies The Mound, which both screens I-24 as well as provides a unique point of panoramic prospect.

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A proposal to register change and shifting dynamics on the shore of Hampton Roads, VA. In this studio, we explored how designers might intervene in a dramatically changing environment. We were asked to design a sand source, or a process in which large amounts of sand would be deposited to erode and nourish the nearby beach.We were also asked to design a sand catcher that would register the shifting tides and material on site. During this process, we explored the effect on time and weather on communities, structures, and materials.

SAND ENGINE: HAMPTON ROADS Spring 2011. Instructor: Kristina Hill

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Above: To register change over time, I proposed distributing concrete culverts in dense clusters along the surf. These would create shade and enclosure as well as a unique aural environment. Over time, they would shift in the sand as well as degrade themselves.

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Perspective. Sand island after construction.

Perspective. Sand island after ten years.

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Bottom Right: The sand source would be a series of rip rap ribs with sand dunes piled over top. As the sand erodes, and the riprap ribs emerge. Also, the boardwalk pathways would close, leaving their pylons for kayakers and swimmers to explore.

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For over a century, humans have shaped the land to control the river. The Atchafalaya Basin where land was altered, rivers straightened, defensive measures erected by the Army Corps of Engineers in the name of flood control and navigation. In the basin, this has led to the degradation of the river AND the land. It has raised the stakes of flooding so that anything past the designed capacity is a catastrophic failure. In the recent 2011 flood, the infrastructure was at 85% capacity.

Can we propose an alternative that restores the dynamic flow of water to a starved landscape?

Our project explores the possibility of controlled, seasonal inundation of the Pointe Coupee polder as an alternative to the “all-or-nothing� flood control systems present today.

Doing so would provide a unique, hybrid landscape that would increase the health and diversity of the land and the adjacent community.

CONTROLLED INUNDATION: ATCHAFALAYA BASIN Fall 2011. Instructor: Jorg Sieweke Partner: Chris Woods 25

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Our proposal imagines how landscape change might occur if control structures were inserted to introduce seasonal inundation to parts of the Pointe Coupee polder. This would store floodwaters as well as create new land uses and patterns of living.

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Environmentalists “Restore the original state of the basin!”

Revise Flooding Schedule / Levels

Relocation to Higher Ground

Preparing for Change

Welcoming the Water

Enriching Land, Enriching Life

Creating the control structures is the beginning of a long process of landscape change.

A complex network of agents operate within the confines of a variety of regimes. These interactions are expressed physically in the landscape. The above diagram imagines how these changes might occur.

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Observatory Hill has been relegated to role of The University’s “back lot.� Storage of buildings, educational programs, materials, infrastructural logistics are all deposited haphazardly in its steeply curved topography.

The University has done little to create any interaction or awareness between the hill and the development at its base. Our site, the between McCormick and Alderman roads, exemplifies this lack of dialog as buildings turn their backs to the hill and ignore potential for a threshold between the peace of the hill and the electric vitality of the life at the base.

I envision an opportunity to increase connections between the hill and the base by a two-pronged extension-- bringing the forest down into Alderman south of the treatment center and extending a constructed series of spaces along the northern slope of the treatment center. These larger moves open up the opportunity for North-South connections including McCormick and Alderman roads, the treatment center, and a restored path through the forest. Overlaid and interacting with these human circulation elements are the paths of the greywater produced at the treatment center. These water paths create formal and programmatic opportunities at the points of intersection as it flows down towards the gardens, educational center, and student dormitories, with different character and opportunities at each point of intersection.

The overlay of these water routes and human circulation create a complex, but legible landscape that invites the public to inhabit, as well as traverse this formerly significant barrier while retaining some of the elements of the original landscape that made it worth investigating in the first place.

HARD AND SOFT ARMATURES: O-HILL Fall 2010. Instructor: Nancy Takahashi

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Above Left: Two armatures connect places of retreat and gathering.

Above Right: Study for the “Hard” armature Below Left: Section showing terracing in front of proposed dormitories.

Below Right: Plan of “Hard” armature showing new dormitories and water path.

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Above Left: Perspective of a water crossing in the woods of the “soft” armature Above Right: Model of the “hard” armature showing massing, ground plane, and major canopy patches.

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This studio examined the future of urbanism in the Dutch delta city of Dordrecht. With climate change threatening higher sea levels and severe river floods, the nation is reexamining their relationship with water. Our project proposed the introduction of dynamic water processes such as tides, floods, and sedimentation as a challenge to the static nature of current water management practice.We proposed the use of dredge as a material to build up land.

We then imagined how these new forms might introduce a gradient urbanism and, finally, how that gradient urbanism might interact with existing urbanism in Dordrecht.

SUPERTERP: DORDRECHT. THE NETHERLANDS. Spring 2010. Instructor: Pierre Belanger Partner: Eamonn Hutton 33

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Dordrecht is increasingly marginalized by Rotterdam’s growth, enabling them to experiment with new possibilities. Dordrecht also lies at the confluence of ocean and river forces, making it critical that it confronts the problematic tradition of dike raising and think of alternatives to the behind the dike / outside the dike relationship with water.

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They’ve offered me a fair price for my farm, or a plot on the terp. land; I’ve worked

it is nearby and accessible.

rotational forest. We cut and grind the willows for use as biofuel. We also sell cuttings for propagation in new plots or as bundles for reed

ing soil erosion without the use of engineered surfaces and slopes.

Agents in this process include:

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to keep it dry. But they say it’s for the best, and maybe my children will want to stay if we have land in

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Still, it’s hard to imagine flooding this

Hybrid poplars and other

I own the first business to buy land on the

plantings will stabilize the cell surface, aid in dewatering and perform phyto-remediation.

terp. We specialize in aggregate brokering. We receive, sort and stockpile materi-

floodplain species can be utilized as stabilization.

Betula pendula is a prime

I operate a shipping company in Dusseldorf. We often use construction waste as ballast on our way

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to Rotterdam. We can sell the material to a broker Dordrecht before collecting our cargo from the port.

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gravel, clay, dewatered dredge, crushed concrete, compost and topsoil.

example. Others include: Alnus glutinosa, Carpinus betulus, Crataegus monogyna, Lonicera xylosteum, Populus nigra, Prunus padus, Salix caprea, Sambucus nigra, Sorbus aucuparia, and Viburnum opulus

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bio-membranes, mollusc armouring, roots, and exopolymers

the new town.

Many native, for slope

I’m a student from TU Delft. For my thesis I am studying the survival rates and efficacy of various species of

I operate an earthworks company in Dordrecht. We won the contract to prepare the polders for inundation. They say that there are going to be more super-terps. We are hoping that our performance here will get

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depoldering process

10m x 66m channels excavated prior to opening the dikes.

This will produce 33.3 m3 of soil, clay and sand per linear meter of channel. The channel profile is determined by the angle of repose of the building material.

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Building the Terp The process of gradient urbanism begins with site preparation to enable inundation of strategically selected polders. Because most polders are situated above low-tide water level the first step will be to excavate channels to create passages for water during low-flow periods. Next, the excavated material will be used to create a network of dredge storage cells along a selected dike. This will serve as the foundation for terps. During this time, and immediately prior to inundation, the remaining polder plain will be planted with reeds that will ultimately increase sedimentation for harvest as a building material. Next, the dikes perpendicular to the river will be removed allowing water to enter the polder. Gradually, dredge from nearby waterways will be added to the dikes and remediated incrementally to expand the mound horizontally and vertically. The foreseeable dredge input will be 820,000 m3/year, which is enough to create approximately 20 hectares of elevated land per year. The dimensions of the initial terp are based on basic spatial requirements of the infrastructures that will colonize it at first. The rate and form of expansion thereafter will be flexible; however, “vertical zoning” will provide the basic guidelines for appropriate land-covers. Terp construction will create several specialized industries such as research and monitoring of vegetal systems, aggregate brokers and transporter, and bio-fuel cultivation, harvest, and processing. It will also draw on current sectors such as earthwork contractors and dredgers. This economy would expand with the terps and eventually migrate to develop more landforms throughout the delta.

Highland Zone Policy

Flood Resiliant Zone

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Building Regulations

Consistent with typical urban standards.

1st floor materials must be flood proof / resistant.

Second floor access / egress.

No obstructions to prevent boat access in high water.

Minimal Permanent Structures. No flood vulnerable structures.

Planning Concepts

Maintain view corridors out to water / wetland.

Housing should not only be flood adapted in its materials and constructions, but should also be constructed of recoverable materials and in a manner that is easy to deconstruct in anticipation of raising the land.

Recreational access will be provided through strategic path network.

safe from flood safe to flood flood-dependent

Designated recreational areas can accomodate a certain number of permitted occupants in the canals and at certain hardened utility provision points.

Architectural Older Structures Partially Buried, Vertically Extended

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Transportation route is left in place and built up on the edges.

Agricultural Production

Keep critical infrastructure high and dry.

Elevated walkway to minimize impact.

Canal network dug into lowlands.

Utility clusters confine dwellers.

Tidal Windmills

Infrastructure Utility Conduits

Sunken Roadway

Stormwater Retention

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Betula pendula Acer campestre Alnus glutinosa Berberis vulgaris Betula pendula Carpinus betulus Clematis vitalba Cornus mas Cornus sanguinea Crataegus monogyna Fraxinus excelsior Ilex aquifolium

Salix viminalis

Scirpus maritimus Glyceria maxima Iris pseudacorus Calvstegia sepium Phallaris arudlinacea Calvstegia sepilun TYPHA SPP

Vegetation 2% slope

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Sectional Strategies: Certain opportunities and constraints arise from both the gradient on flooding and the “layering” process of the mound’s construction. To guide the market, a framework of policy and regulations should match these sectional realities

Above: This perspective imagines the excavation, preparation and construction of the terps using river dredge. A new economy would develop as the terps expand, calibrated to the rise and fall of the water.

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How does one plan for density in an area hostile to growth?

My proposal postulated that density could offer something tangible other than increased population and strain on infrastructure. Concord’s river system is beautiful, but largely inaccessible to those who are not wealthy enough to be adjacent property owners. By methodically assessing the desirability and susceptibility-to-change of each parcel, I identified strategic access points. A new zoning overlay would offer density bonuses to developers in exchange for public improvements and access easements to the river.

RECLAIMING THE RIVER: CONCORD, MA Spring 2009. Instructor: Brent Ryan

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The rivers in Concord, Massachusetts are bordered largely by privately owned land. This condition creates a barrier of access to recreational and natural areas on the borders of these amenities. Future development on the rivers could be given density bonuses in exchange for creating public points of access, creating a network of public spaces along the rivers 39

In order to determine the private parcels which would be targeted for the density bonus program, I employed a ranking methodology for each parcel along the river. The result was the above abstracted representation of the riverside parcels along a gradient of possible change and quality of potential access.

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I began my detail to design transformation by examining the BP Waverton park designed by McGregor Coxall in Sydney, Australia. I was similarly inspired by the wooden beach boardwalks of our studio site at Norfolk, VA (see page 15).These wooden structures seemed to dissolve into the sand while creating their own unique feel and sound as one traveled over them.

I envisioned a larger path that could, depending on the program, expand or contract in plan, close or open sectionally to invite or discourage access, provide places for rest or only space for movement.

Having done two separate studies--one of a path narrowing to a fenced condition, the other a vertical path separation to provide seating-- I decided to combine the two. In this prototype, the fenced condition becomes occupiable. This would be appropriate for moments where access to the adjoining land is discouraged, but there is little personal danger to individuals if they leave the boardwalk.

Using a standard plank board size of 2”x6”x8’, I hoped to minimize waste through trimming.

After researching the types of wood that might be used in a sea-salt, beach environment, Ipe and Greenheart seemed the best choices. Greenheart is especially desirable because of its strength and aesthetics.There are sustainable forestry practices for both Ipe and Greenheart. All lumber would be sourced from these.

DETAIL DESIGN: BOARDWALK TRANSITIONS Spring 2011. Instructor: Zaneta Hong

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What is the essence of place? How can an outsider step into a landscape and discern the crucial elements? And how does one then communicate his or her discoveries creatively? In Anne Spirn’s course, Sensing Place, we chose a site to research, investigate, and photograph throughout the semester. In our conversations, we studied photographers, poets, novelists, who were able to capture a sense of place.

Our primary text by Spirn, “The Language of Landscape,” provided a link between written and visual vocabulary which we could use to explore and describe our sites. For our final project, we developed an evocative web essay that communicated our findings. My site was a place I called “The Borderlands.” Situated between the industry of the Seaport and the strong residential fabric of South Boston, the Borderlands is a corridor along 1st street that is forgotten, yet contested. Relics from past owners are strewn about, but small industry and new residential conversions silently compete for space. For my final essay, I wrote and recorded a soundtrack to accompany a flash movie of photos. They form a short piece that encapsulates my experiences in the site

SENSING PLACE Fall 2009. Instructor: Anne Spirn.

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Opened Wide

Opened Wide

Rough Reflection

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Opposite: The Dell. Charcoal on Arches Paper Above: The Dell. Graphite, Charcoal, and White Chalk on newsprint Bottom Left: Carpenter Center. Charcoal on newsprint.

Bottom Center: Figure. Charcoal on sketch.

Bottom Right: Figure. Charcoal and pastel on toned paper

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James Moore: Resume e-mail: moorejh84@gmail.com Education

Organizations

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Candidate for Master in Landscape Architecture

2010-2013

Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA Masters in Urban Planning Career Discovery program; concentration in Urban Planning

2008-2010

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL BA in Public Policy (Urban Studies) Major University Scholar (academic scholarship); GPA 3.75 Study abroad in Pune, India

Summer 2007 2003-2007 Fall 2006

Social Agency Lab (socialagencylab.org)

Summer 2012 - present

Student Association of Landscape Architects - Officer Fall 2011 / Spring 2012 Assisted in organizing symposium on blogging and design Organized night to share student summer experiences Began a relationship with ASLA’s The Dirt blog to post student articles on UVA lectures. Edited articles.

LUNCH. (UVA Architecture School Journal) - Assistant Copy Editor Harvard Urban Planning Organization Community Outreach Chair.

Member of Planner’s Network Member of APA

Essay “Diversifying the Discourse” published in LUNCH journal.

Studio work selected for publication in Harvard GSD “Studioworks”: The Reserve District: Neighborhood Plan for Boston Seaport The Superterp: Strategies for Adaptive Climate Change in the Rhine Delta

Fall 2012

2008-11 2008-present

Lifelong musician. Singer / songwriter. Can play guitar, keyboard and sing.

Also enjoy running on roads and trails, hiking, cooking, writing and reading.

Spring 2012 Fall 2012 Spring 2010

“EcoUrbanism vs. Oblivion” Coeditor.

A student-created zine to accompany the GSD’s Ecological Urbanism conference. http://72.167.142.101/article.php?article_id=144 (2009) “Global Pasts, Local Futures: Urban Megadevelopments and Economic Competitiveness in the Detroit-Windsor Transnational Metropolitan Area” Research Assistant for Harvard GSD professor Brent Ryan’s paper (2008) “At What Cost? Negotiation of Spatial Control in Chicago’s 4th Police District” Undergraduate Senior Thesis: an ethnographic exploration of power structures in local community meetings (2007) 47

2009-2010

Interests

Research Papers / Publications / Awards Awarded 2nd place in international design competition, “Designing Action.” (www.designing-action.org) Team: Jeffrey Goodman, Kareeshma Ali

Spring 2012

Software Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), GIS, Autocad, and Rhino Basic knowledge of Vectorworks and Adobe Flash and Premiere.

Hand Drawing. Hand Modeling.

Relevant Work Experience Reed Hilderbrand 1 Week Externship Tasks: Graphic Design. Diagrams. Preparation of ASLA award packet. peter@reedhilderbrand.com

January 2013

University of Virginia Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013 Teaching Assistant. Course: Landscape Theory (Spring) and 7010/8010 Studio (Fall) Tasks: Grading Student Papers (Theory). Discussion leader. Administrative. Graphic design.

Beth Meyer: ekm7a@virginia.edu University of Virginia. Office of the Architect.

Summer 2012, Spring 2011 Paid Intern.

Tasks: Updated Master Plan for Blandy Experimental Farm. Developed material for interpretive signs at The Dell.

Mary Hughes. mvh2t@eservices.virginia.edu Nelson Byrd Woltz Paid Intern.

Tasks: Research for Proposals and Projects. Autocad Drafting. Photoshop Rendering.

Thomas Woltz: twoltz@nbwla.com University of Virginia Teaching Assistant. Course: “Global Sustainability” Tasks: Led discussion. Developed lesson plans. Managed multiple student projects.

Phoebe Crissman. crisman@virginia.edu Harvard Graduate School of Design Head Teaching Assistant (2009). Teaching Assistant (2010). First year urban planning studio.

Aided Prof. Long in organizing and overseeing six other teaching assistants.

Developed curriculum and taught sessions on diagramming, layout, and software.

Participated in weekly desk critiques and organized a practice mid-review.

Judith Grant Long. jglong@gsd.harvard.edu

Summer 2011

Fall 2010

Fall 2009, Spring 2010

Nashville Planning Department. Design Studio.

Summer 2009 Intern Assisted with the editing of a Form Based Code for Downtown Nashville. Researched Open Space Conservation Overlay Jennifer Carlat: jennifer.carlat@nashville.gov Hawkins Partners Landscape Architects, Nashville, TN Winter – Fall 2008 Paid Intern Handled research and site analysis for various projects including: a campus master plan, a streetscape redesign, and a small park redesign. Prepared presentations of analysis and research for public meetings and meetings with clients. Worked on Vectorworks CAD drawings for designers and associates.

Principle: Kim Hawkins. k.hawkins@hawkinspartners.com

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