JH JEFFREY HOLZER PORTFOLIO
JEFFREY HOLZER
814 - 215 - 9828 holzerjeffrey@gmail.com 344 Aggie Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
Education
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Aug. 2011 - May 2016
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Minor in Geography and Environmental Inquiry focusing in Biodiversity and Ecosystems 6x Dean’s List: Spring 2013 thru Fall 2015 GPA: 3.61
Professional & Academic Experience
The National Park Service (NPS)/ University Park, PA
Feb. 2016 - Present
Intern
Developed GIS maps prioritizing assets through Pennsylvania and other Mid-Atlantic states for an Appalachian Mountains asset planning initiative.
Hamer Center (PSU LARCH Department) / University Park, PA Undergraduate Research Associate
Support Associate Professor Timothy Murtha, PhD. Redesigned the Hamer Center’s Marcellus By Design website. Conduct research on the Marcellus shale region, Mexico, and other projects.
Landscape Architecture Implementation IV (LARCH 431 - Stormwater) / University Park, PA Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Support Associate Professors Stuart Echols, PhD and Gary Kesler. Graded assignments and provided assistance for students.
GTECH STRATEGIES
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The Penn State Center / Pittsburgh, PA
Landscape Architecture Intern
Aug. 2015 - Present
Aug. 2015 - Dec. 2015
May 2015 - Aug. 2015
Researched, mapped, and engaged 18 neighborhoods of Pittsburgh’s Northside to inventory cultural assets for plans of community projects and connectivity expansion while additionally design green infrastructure.
The Arboretum at Penn State University/ University Park, PA Horticulture Intern
Operated the seasonal horticultural maintenance, implementation, and contracting to all gardens while working with volunteers and the community.
University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) - University Government Representative of the College of Arts and Architecture / Chair of Facilities
May 2014 - Dec. 2014
Jan. 2012 - May 2014
Facilities and Services Committee Chair of the Facilities and Services committee that collaborated on projects and initiatives including: - Osmond Lounge Renovation - Parking Task Force
- HUB - Robeson Overall Renovation Expansion - Intramural Building Renovation
- General Education Overhaul - Engaged Scholarship
- Academic Rights - Alternative Summer Internship Accreditation
Academic Affairs Committee Contributor to numerous student rights and awareness programs including:
Stephen Parks and Landscape Architect Associates / Hollidaysburg, PA Landscape Architecture Intern
Assisted in residential projects including: researching, site analysis, drafting, and grading. Crafted a scaled model, SketchUp model and renderings of a high school football field for a client.
July 2012 - Aug. 2013
Additional Leadership
ASLA: Emerging Professionals Committee
Nov. 2015 - Oct. 2016
New Student Orientation (NSO)
May 2013 - July 2013
Active Committee Member
Landscape Architecture Student Representative
Landscape Architecture Student Society (LASS)
Sept. 2012 - Present
Active Member
Camp Zacchaeus / Jennerstown, PA (Camp Z)
July 2012 - Present
Camp Counselor
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS)
Sept. 2012 - Present
American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA)
Sept. 2011 - Present
Arts and Architecture Student Council (AASC) - College Government
Aug. 2011 - Present
Active Member
Active Student Member Active Member
Recognitions - School of Stuckeman Senior Class Design Excellence Award - College of Arts and Architecture Alumni Scholarship Recipient - Garden Club of America Katharine M. Grosscup Scholarship Recipient - Bonn, Germany Study Abroad Participant - Social Revolution Second Place Public Vote (1,542 votes) - Engaged Scholarship Presenter of Social Revolution Competition - Disney Imagineer Design Competition - 2x American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) PA/DE Chapter Scholarship Recipient - School of Stuckeman Carmen C. and Louise D. Fenza Memorial Landscape Architecture Scholarship Recipient - School of Stuckeman The Semester Abroad Award Recipient - School of Stuckeman Wayne H. Wilson Scholarship Recipient - Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society Larry Williams Scholarship Recipient - 3x Northwest Bancorp Inc. John O. Hanna Scholarship Recipient - 3x Dietze and Watson Campus Spirit Scholarship Recipient - Recipient of 4 additional awards/scholarships/honors
Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 Spring 2015 Fall 2014 Fall 2014 Fall 2014 Fall 2014 - Spring 2016 Fall 2014 - Spring 2015 Fall 2014 - Spring 2015 Fall 2013 - Spring 2014 Spring 2014 Fall 2013 - Spring 2016 Fall 2013 - Spring 2016 Fall 2013 - Fall 2015
Skills & Interests Advanced Proficient Adobe Design Suite
Auto CAD
Grading Sketching Rendering
ArcGIS Microsoft Plant Rhino/ Model/ Legislative iMovie/ App/ German Certified Office ID Vue/ Laser Cut Writing Adobe Website Suite SketchUp Making Premiere
Woodshop/ Machinery Certified
Golf/ Soccer/ B-Ball
ETHOS Design is a collaboration of purpose, intelligence, commitment, engagement, aesthetic, and skill to be memorable and meaningful. Landscape architecture services human senses and elevates them to new experiential hierarchies. This experience is developed, supported, and framed by biophilic properties. Biophilia asserts the existence of a biologically based, inherent human need to affiliate with life and lifelike processes. Biophilia is the driving force that makes experiences; providing meaning, memory, and significance to places. Landscape architecture illustrates the potential of places while harnessing the power and impact of biophilia to enhance the world. Jeffrey Holzer
TABLE OF CONTENTS Urban Design
One Northside AIM Urban Fieldwork
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PULSATION
COLOGNE, GERMANY
Ripple
Pulse
Life
Overview:
Neumarkt is the heart of the city, surrounded by cultural landmarks. The Rhine River, two exterior “Green Belts”, and the Koln Cathedral complement the ancient, historic, cultural, and vibrant identity of Koln. However, Neumarkt lacks city identity despite hosting numerous events in the “empty heart”. With traffic issues and little priority to pedestrians, Neumarkt is currently an island without city identity and needs life reestablished within the heart.
Role:
Student Designer 2015
Purpose:
Despite being the heart of the city, Neumarkt is the “empty heart” and has significant transportation and pedestrian issues. The design focuses to solve the transportation and cultural issues while creating a meaningful space with life and vibrancy.
Goals:
The goal is to simplify the transportation and pedestrian movement, highlight cultural relevancy, and create a memorable heart of the city that reflects Koln’s bustling and vibrant identity while accommodating for the annual events.
Solutions:
The solution was to streamline the vehicle transportation, prioritize pedestrians, and have the design concept about the vibrancy, liveliness, and passion that is the life of the city of Koln.
The history of Neumarkt is celebrated as the redesign highlights Koln’s life!
Neumarkt is currently an empty center to host events and transition people.
Existing:
Proposed:
The concept diagram represents injecting the life of Koln in Neumarkt.
The focuses is to solve pedestrian movement and spatial design issues.
The day, autumn, and night designs show the subspaces and attributes.
The sections displays Neumarkt and the portrayal of life using the spaces.
The summer beer garden beams with life everyday of the week.
ONE NORTHSIDE AIM (ASSET INVENTORY MAPPING) PITTSBURGH (NORTHSIDE), PENNSYLVANIA
Mapping
Community
Trails
Overview:
In 2013, the Buhl Foundation pledged $40 - 80 million dollars over 10 to 20 years in their “One Northside” plan to improve the 18 neighborhoods of the Northside of Pittsburgh. In 2015, surveyors explored the 18 neighborhoods of the Northside of Pittsburgh to map assets to promote a connectivity plan and understand the character of these places.
Role:
Student Researcher / Surveyor (Team Member of 13) 2015
Purpose:
The AIM project was to discover all assets across the Northside, map them, and promote connectivity to these assets and neighborhoods. The collected GIS data points will be utilized in the Penn State University Landscape Architecture Design Studio to design connectivity strategies for the Northside, connect assets, and highlight neighborhood identity.
Goals:
To map all assets on the Northside through means of field work and community engagement while understanding valuables, qualities, and aspects that reflect a neighborhood and its identity.
Solutions:
By using a GPS tracking software called “LocalData”, attending neighborhood meetings, and interviewing residents, the surveyors discovered over 1,800 assets, learned the history of the Northside, and understand neighborhood characteristics, culture, and identity.
The birds eye view shows the 18 neighborhoods and their assets.
The Commons has educational assets and creates most of the neighborhood.
Graphics of various assets are within the Northside of Pittsburgh.
The central neighborhood has numerous artistic expression assets.
Better known as “Deutschetown”, this neighborhood has a cultural identity.
The North Shore along the Allegheny River is the “big ticket” events area.
Graphics of various assets are within the Northside of Pittsburgh.
LOCAL LANDINGS CONNECTIVITY STRATEGY PITTSBURGH (NORTHSIDE), PENNSYLVANIA
Connection
Community
Destinations
Overview:
Taking the work from the AIM project, the objective was to design a connectivity plan to connect all 18 Northside neighborhoods. The strategy needed to evaluate, incorporate, and transform existing infrastructure, celebrate identity of the Northside and the individual neighborhoods, create efficient and accessible methods to see and highlight existing assets, and create new environmentally focused destinations along the connection system.
Role:
Student Designer 2015
Purpose:
The intent of this project is to pinpoint focus areas for the Buhl Foundation for investment in the Northside, highlight the assets of the Northside for potential economic increase, and improve the environmental quality through new destinations all while incorporating these designs into the cultural urban fabric of the Northside.
Goals:
The goal is to achieve all the pursued objectives, but the method is focused to have a participatory design method with the communities of the Northside. It is vital to incorporate neighborhood residents in the design process so the communities embrace and take ownership of these proposals.
Solutions:
Solutions included a Northside phasing strategy connecting all the neighborhoods with streetscape designs for phasing, identity features for the Northside and neighborhoods, an app useful for tourists and residents, supportive infrastructure to alternative transportation, a community focused site for events and stormwater infrastructure, and the daylighting of a culverted stream for habitat and water quality restoration.
The stream creates habitat and be the 2nd surfaced stream in Pittsburgh.
Existing
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NEIGHBORHOOD
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One Northside
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Neighborhood signs were created to express identity.
One Northside
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Heritage Trail - 14 Min. Brighton Rd. - 20 Min.
The connectivity plan uses existing routes and minimum slope streets.
The Northside emblem unites and connects the 18 neighborhoods.
The “One Way” app would find and guide users to any asset.
TRAIL
W. N. Grocery - 11 Min.
SEARCH
The Eckert Ave. site daylights the historic Woods Run stream.
The section views reveal topography change and existing infrastructure.
The McClure Ave. site creates habitat, recreation, and community events.
The McClure Ave. site supports existing events and other recreation.
The day-lighted stream site becomes a site for education and winter events.
CONSTRUCTION DRAFTINGS VARIOUS LOCATIONS
Drafting
Stormwater
Grading
Overview:
Construction details are crucial steps to take visualizations, to representations, to physically built structures. The necessity of these documents is vital to the accurate and safe creation of the designs. The clarity and rigorous attention to detail ensures the thorough thinking and well executed designs and constructions.
Role:
Student Designer 2012 - 2014
Purpose:
To draw and annotate the correct construction document, schedules, and instructions to build swales, bioretention basins, walls, staircases, meadows, gardens, and paving.
Goals:
To clearly communicate the instructions, materials, design, and layout for all construction details.
Solutions:
Clear line weights, accurate drawings, specific notes, detailed dimensions, and precise calculations ensure the longevity of the operational and productive detail structures.
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Perennial Plug Drift Schedule Drifts
Key
Common Name
Scientific Name
Quantity
Plug Drift #1
Ba Hh
Baptisia alba Heliopsis helianthoides
White wild indigo Oxeye sunflower
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Plug Drift #2
At Ls
Asclepias tuberosa Lobelia siphilitica
Butterflyweed Blue lobelia
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Plug Drift #3
Am Ls
Achillea millefolium Liatris spicata
Yarrow Spiked blazing star
100 150
Plug Drift #4
Cf Gp
Chamaecrista fasciculata Gaillardia pulchella
Patridge pea Indian blanket
100 100
Mesic Meadow Grass Mix Grasses
Forbs
Scientific Name
Key
Forbs
Percent of Total Weight
Ca Ec Eh Pp
Cinna aundinacea Elymus canadensis Elymus hystrix Poa palustris
Woodreed Canada wild rye Bottlebrush grass Fowl bluegrass
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As At Av Cf Ecp Eup Gp Hh Ls Rf Sc Sg Sl Sn
Asclepias syriaca Asclepias tuberosa Asclepias verticillata Cassia fasciculata Echinacea purpurea Eutrochium purpureum Gaillardia pulchella Heliopsis helianthoides Lobelia siphilitica Rudbeckia fulgida Solidago caesia Solidago gigantea Aiton Symphyotrichum laeve Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Common milkweed Butterfly weed Whorled milkweed Patridge pea Purple coneflower Joe-Pye weed Indian blanket Oxeye sunflower Great lobelia Blackeyed susan Wreath goldenrod Giant goldenrod Smooth aster New England aster
1% 4% 1% 2% 3% 3% 1% 2% 1% 3% 2% 2% 2% 3%
Rain Meadow Mix Grasses
1 lb. PLS per 1,000 sq. ft.
Common Name
Key
1 lb. PLS per 1,000 sq. ft.
Scientific Name
Common Name
Percent of Total Weight
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Andropogan gerardii Big bluestem Carex alopecodiea Tuck. Foxtail sedge Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex WilldFox sedge Panicum clandestinum Deertongue grass Spartina pectinata Prarie cordgrass
23% 11% 11% 16% 14%
Ba Cf Dc Ga Lp Ls Sp St Va
Baptisia alba Chamaecrista fasciculata Desmodium canadense Gentiana andrewsii Lupinus polyphyllus Liatris spicata Silphium perfoliatum Silphium terebinthinaceum Verbesina alternifolia
4% 2% 3% 2% 1% 5% 3% 3% 2%
The three planting schedules identify plugs, fords, and mixes to a meadow.
White wild indigo Patridge pea Showy tickrefoil Bottle gentain Bigleaf lupine Spiked blazing star Cup plant Prarie rosinweed Wingstem
A cost estimate to determine a quote for a garden design.
Elevation drawing of a brick wall with a concrete stem wall and footer.
Section drawing of a staircase with 6 steps, railing and adjacent brick wall.
Section of concrete slab within a campus garden.
Label plan of a gathering space adjacent to an education building.
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
18 cm
5m
3m
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
20 cm
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
12 cm
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
Detail of concrete pavers in Germany in metric units.
Detail plan of concrete pavers in Germany in metric units.
Detail and elevation drawing of a railing that is within a staircase.
Detail drawing the riser, tread, and wash of a staircase.
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FOOD, WATER, AND ENERGY FUTURES TIOGA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Independence
Security
Necessities
Overview:
Today’s society is experiencing population increase, climate change, and resource scarcity. Unprepared towns need to be proactive to maintain a safe and secure future through smart, innovative, and efficient planning. In Tioga County Pennsylvania, this proactive movement is urgent within the Marcellus Shale gas region. The fragile landscape has been scarred and now strategic planning for resource and the communities is needed for a healthy 100 years.
Role:
Student Designer (Team Member of 3) 2014
Purpose:
To remanage the resources in Tioga County to become an independent and secure community in food, water, and energy. Additionally, supply the research and options to the community and regional planning office to begin planning.
Goals:
Create a sustainable, independent, and responsible community in Tioga County that supplies their own food, water, and energy in scalable and flexible models while maintaining the same enjoyable quality of life.
Solutions:
Through the portrayal of 3 families in 3 sub-basins, demonstrate the potential possibilities that families have in their landscape to supply and be sustainable with their own food, water, and energy.
Website:
http://sites.psu.edu/marcellusbydesign/2014-projects/
The Carter family produces renewable energy and food for the community.
Ecological Footprint Current Average lifestyle of person in Tioga County
Produce Own Energy
Lower Commute Time
Fuel Efficient Vehicles
Lower Calorie Intake
Carpooling
21.3 Acres per Person
Purchase Local Food
Increase All Forms of Recycling
Acres Per Person
21 22.4 Tons 20
of CO2
19 18
18.9 Acres per Person 18.5 Tons of CO2
17
Acres available in Tioga County: 17.3 Acres per person 16.9 Acres per Person
16
15.4 Tons of CO2
15
16.9 Acres per Person 15.3 Tons of CO2
The diagram explains the current ecological footprint and how to lower resident’s impact.
16.8 Acres per Person 15.2 Tons of CO2
15.8 Acres per Person 15.0 Tons of CO2
15.6 Acres per Person
15.6 Acres per Person
14.6 Tons of CO2
14.6 Tons of CO2
Food
$5.29 Lb
Average Retail Beef Price
$3.90 Lb
Average Price of Beef from Local Farmer
=
What Does Your Money Get You? Save 27% by buying local beef
$375 /person per year Supermarket
8 million 5 million
A family of 4 needs about 2 acres to produce enough food for a year.
Local
of
1.3%
Existing Total
Agricultural Land Food diagrams show how purchasing and producing local food saves money and feeds the county.
Calories Produced Calories Needed
= 3 million extra calories equals 157 bushels of corn
Feeds
92%
of Tioga Population
Water Food Water Footprints
3.6
Beef
70
Square Miles of Surface Area
Corn
4,072
Milk
Gallons/Glass
Average 28” of Rainfall/
1,137 Square Miles
Soy
7.67
289
Gallons/KG
25,200
Gallons/ year/person from rainfall
Gallons of water per person/year
Bioethonal
0.00
Gallons/ KG Chicken
67
Wind
322
Gallons/ KG
Gallons of water a day/ person
Energy Water Footprints
m3/GJ
Solar
1,142
Gallons/ KG
0.27
m3/GJ
Hydro
22.0
253
Gallons/ KG Biodiesel
m3/GJ
Green Water Blue Water Grey Water
3,070
Gallons/ KG Natural Gas
0.11
m3/GJ
Water diagrams explain the available water in Tioga, water use, and water footprints for food and energy.
Energy Solar: Cowanesque Uses:
23.5%
56.4 gw/yr
Convert 23.5% of Energy
Tioga River Uses:
19 gw/yr
41” 25” 30kw Panel Size
Babb Creek Uses:
8.3 gw/yr
$0.70 / Watt
Wind:
243,912
Solar Panels = 39.2 acres
or
82,608
Solar Panels = 7.5 acres
or 8 Nordex = 2.5 mw
2 Siemens = 3.3 mw
or
36,068
Solar Panels = 3.3 acres
8 Nordex = 2.5 mw
4 Siemens = 3.3 mw
1 Siemens = 3.3 mw
2 Nordex = 2.5 mw
1 Siemens = 16 gw = $900k 1 Nordex = 7.5 gw = $600k Energy diagrams show sub-basin’s energy demand and examples on how to supply the energy.
Family* and Sub-basin
Agriculture
Age
The Carter Family
of Cowanesque Creek Agricultural Land
Income
42.2
$30,834
40.4
$31,687
20,572 Acres 26% of Land Use
The Timmons Family
of Tioga River
Agricultural Land
17,655 13% of Land Use
The Bryant Family
48.0
of Babb Creek
Agricultural Land
The research and sub-basin demographics guided the design.
4,682 Acres 6% of Land Use
$29,338
=? =? =? *Note: The families represented here are not real, they are portrayals of relatable situations of families in this region .
Conceptual Land Diagram:
Land Use Representation:
=
Lifestyle Perspective:
= Cowanesque Subbasin The Carter Family
=
= Tioga Subbasin The Timmons Family
=
Babb Creek Subbasin The Bryant Family
= From the research, the sub-basins are drafted a model plan with a visual representation of the ideas.
SPARK PARK
YAROSLAVL, RUSSIA
Light
Park
Bridge
Overview:
The 2014 Social Revolution “Under the Bridge” competition was to design a social and experiential space underneath the Tolbuhinsky or Dobryninsky Bridge. The city of Yaroslavl has a history of social and environmental resiliency while having minor open green space. The objective through the competition was to design an iconic, prideful, and identity significant riverfront to complement the surrounding context.
Role:
Student Designer (Team Member of 2) 2014
Purpose:
To transform the space underneath the Tolbuhinsky Bridge into a revitalized, social, and community focused place.
Goals:
Create multi-use and seasonal subspaces that would draw people to the space, create an iconic public space that would bring pride to the city, and promote social activity. Additionally, the space has a reputation of “dark and unwelcoming”, thus, use lighting as a focal design aspect.
Solutions:
Using light as the datum, the park accommodates numerous social programs, recreational activities, and identity for the city during the day and night.
Recognition:
Social Revolution 2nd Place in Public Vote (1,542 votes) Presenter of “Spark Park” at the 2014 Penn State Engaged Scholarship
Fiber-optic lights create an illuminated meadow during the day and night.
Photo of the northern end of the site with views and terrain recognizable.
The photo is underneath the bridge to understand scale and perspective.
Scale figures assisted in existing use of the space and potential solutions.
The meadow and amphitheater were worked to understand the transition.
Iterations were performed to realize the plaza, lawns, and amphitheater designs.
The plaza and lawns were configured to provide recreational options.
The LED water lights would float and create the fast-paced light shows.
The lights would have a receiver that would be triggered from people atop the bridge.
The northern space has an open plaza and two lawns for recreation.
The middle portion of the north end contains a fiber-optic meadow.
The edge plaza amphitheater has a drop-down movie screen.
The south end has a plaza, lawn, light show, and interactive wetland.
Sections demonstrate the length, bridge, and amphitheater design.
Plan rendering displaying the four portions of the site and the water lights.
REFERENCES
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC CONTACTS
Professional References Jeff Dice
Supervisor of Grounds Maintenance - Office of Physical Plant at Pennsylvania State University Office of Physical Plant - Pennsylvania State University 104E Landscape Facility University Park, PA 16802 - 1120
Office: (814) 865 - 2701 jad100@psu.edu
Lisa Kunst Vavro, RLA, ASLA
Sustainable Environments Manager at the Penn State Center Energy Innovation Center 1435 Bedford Avenue; Suite A Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Office: (412) 263 - 1753 lkv10@psu.edu
Sarah Koenig
One Northside AIM Project Manager at GTECH STRATEGIES
Growth Through Energy and Community Health (GTECH) Strategies 6587 Hamilton Avenue, 1W Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Office: (412) 361 - 2099 s.koenig@gtechstrategies.org
Academic References Curt E. Marshall
Coordinator of Diversity Programs and Recruitment / Arts and Architecture Student Council (AASC) Advisor College of Arts and Architecture - Pennsylvania State University 104 Borland Building University Park, PA 16802 - 1912
Office: (814) 865 - 9523 Fax: (814) 865 - 7140 cem2@psu.edu
Eliza Pennypacker
Department Head, Professor, and Advisor of Landscape Architecture Department of Landscape Architecture - Pennsylvania State University 121 Stuckeman Family Building University Park, PA 16802 - 1912
Office: (814) 865 - 7832 Fax: (814) 865 - 8137 exp8@psu.edu
Gary Kesler
Former Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Architecture / Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture College of Arts and Architecture - Pennsylvania State University 104 Borland Building University Park, PA 16802 - 1912
Office: (814) 865 - 9523 Fax: (814) 865 - 7140 gbk10@psu.edu
Timothy Murtha
Associate Professor, Director of the Hamer Center
Department of Landscape Architecture - Pennsylvania State University 121 Stuckeman Family Building University Park, PA 16802 - 1912
Office: (814) 865 - 9511 tmurtha@psu.edu