JEFFREY LUERS Landscape Architecture Portfolio
Contents The Green Alley Project
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Industrial Waterscapes
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Futures Planning: The Urban Eco-Village
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Block 112: The Hinge In The Grid
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A DAY IN THE PARK
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Eugene Farmer’s Market
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About Me
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Design Philosophy A
sustainable future can only be created when our cities are recognized as being part of the
natural landscape and part of an open system that impacts and is impacted by a multitude of other systems.
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The Green Alley Project
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Green Alley Project Eugene, OR
Comprehensive Studio Fall 2013-Winter 2014
The city of Eugene has the highest ratio of alleys per square mile in the state of Oregon. More than Faculty: Anne Godfrey, half of the city’s alleys are unimproved gravel alleys in poor condition. Due to heavy vehicle use Robert Melnick, Leo Yui and poor drainage there are a number of stormwater & potential pollution issues. The Green Alley Communications Team: Project is an initiative focused on implementing green alley re-designs that promote sustainability T.J. Ames, Sarah Holcombe, and neighborhood connectivity. Support for the project was built through community out reach and Jeffrey Luers, Stacy Ripp, social media resulting in a community based design approach. Mandy Should, and Mackenzie Walker
Design Tools: Site Analysis, Public Input & Participation, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, SketchUp, Hand Drawing, Research
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with community members, created an online survey, and facebook page to engage residents.
I then worked with a team of public relations students to get media attention, businesses and political support.
Role: This project was
The project is currently working with Residents, City officials, and Local
a result of my analysis
businesses to create a pilot
Eugene’s unimproved and Gravel alleys. I meet of
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Low Density Auto Alley CLASS 3
MUD RUTS
Runoff with 60% Mixed Green Infrastructure. POTHOLE/ POTHOLE/ DRAINAGE ISSUE ISSUE DRAINAGE
Low Density Pedestrian Alley CLASS 5 5 CLASS BACK YARD YARD VIEW VIEW BACK
MUD RUTS
FOOT FOOT PATH PATH
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Runoff with 25% Mixed Green Infrastructure.
2000000 UTILITY LINES
Above: GIS map of neighborhood alley system showing PARKS neighborhood alley system. Right: Stormwater calculations for UNPAVED Eugene’s 26 miles of unimproved alleys. Below : AVEHICLE lley typology of ALLEY Eugene’s unimproved alleys. UNPAVED LIMITED
High Density Auto Alley
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BACK YARD VIEW
VISIBILITY BARRIER BARRIER VISIBILITY
15’’ Wide Alley with Low Density Adjacencies.
OPTION Option 1: 1
10’ ide WIDE MOWN 10’ W Mown GGRASS rass PPATH ath && PLANTINGS. Plantings
OPTION Option 2:2
SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING
SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING
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10’ WIDE PERMEABLE PAVING W/ 10’ W ide Permeable Paving W/ FRUIT TREES & BERRYS. Fruit Trees & Berries
SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING
Plan Plan
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1. Mown grass path. Section
1. Bollard to block non-emergency vehicle access. Section (Not shown in Section).
2. Path lights. 3. Native or ornamental plantings.
2. Bench on permeable paver pad 3. Permeable pavement material (permeable pavers, concrete or asphalt). 4. Drywell. 5. Fruit trees and native berry plantings.
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Industrial waterscapes PARKING GARAGE STORMWATER PARK
LIVE/WORK
CORPORATE CAMPUS
Concept Plan RESTURANT STAGE
BOTANICAL GARDEN
MILLRACE RESTORATION PROJECT
WILLAMETTE HIEGHTS ELEV. 1080 FEET
The CAD base for the illustrated plan was prepared by Tristan Fields and myself.
Industrial Waterscapes Springfield, OR
Booth kelly Studio
Booth Kelly is a dilapidated industrial site adjacent to downtown and connecting to a salmon restoration project. Central to the design was the concept that economy, culture, biology, and hydrology had to revolve around each other. In the final design the building mimic the cascades
Faculty: Dr. Irene Curulii
their stormwater draining in small waterfalls into ponds that ultimately feed into the mill race. building’s
Fall 2012
Design Team: Tristan
The
Habitat Roofs mirror scares Willamette Valley prairie habitat. The Mill Race is restored Salmon which the city of Springfield hopes to introduce.
and dechannelized in accordance with habitat standards for juvenile
Fields, Jeffrey Luers, Duy Nyugen
Role: I developed the concept for this team and independent project.
Design Tools: Site Analysis, Hand Drawing, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Revit, SketchUp, Research
Additionally, I worked with teammates to canvass residents in the near by
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downtown as to what they though of the sites potential.
As well as, working with Tristan Fields to create the base plan in Revit. Tristan and I also researched co-op business models and companies that could call this corporate campus home.
Industrial Waterscapes 2”x4” PRESSURE TREATED STAINLESS STEEL CABLE CONCRETE DEADMAN AERATION MAT 6” DRAINAGE AGGREGATE WATERPROOF MEMBRANE PROTECTION BOARD TOP OF STRUCTURAL DECK
Eco-Roof Detail Waterfall/Pond Section
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Futures Planning: The Urban Eco-Village
Conserve
Encourage
Intensify
VE ER NS ER COWAT
T EC OT AT PR ABIT H
E UR N ULT IO RIC CT AGRODU P TE AS T E W EN SIT GEM ONANA M
Protecting Open Space • • •
Agricultural Lands Forest Lands Habitat
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Land-Use Intensification • •
Systems Thinking • • •
Combine Land Uses Reduce, Recycle, Reuse
Utilizing Waste Reuse Water Maximize Energy Flows
Eco-Village South Willamette Valley, OR
Climate Change Planning and Design
This team project used agent based climate models to do futures planning. The project focused on
Fall 2013
implementing new landscape patterns that would protect agriculture and habitat while improving
Faculty: Dr. Bart Johnson
livability.
Our planning considerations included fire management, habitat conservation, population
& Dr. Rob Ribe
Design & Planning Team:
Site Analysis, ArcGIS, Illustrator, InDesign, SketchUp, Research
Shannon Arms, Tristan Fields, Jeffrey Luers, Sara Sellers, Annie Strickland
Role: I served as the GIS expert for my team creating maps of areas that met our development criteria.
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For the independent portion I researched
of the project
and developed a zero net
growth, energy consumption, and urban growth boundaries.
Design Tools:
functioned as the teams
Envision Climate Software code writer & interpreter.
I also
energy urban eco-village concept that could also provide a year.
100 of tons of food
Futures Planning: The Urban Eco-Village
Edge
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Density
Urban/Rural Edge Productive Ag. Lands Habitat
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Medium to High Density Maximize Open Space
Illustrative diagram of how the eco-village works.
Transit
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Accessible & Reliable Public Transit
Pedestrian
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Accessible Pedestrian Paths
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Block 112: The Hinge in the Grid Downtown portland ’sPORTLAND’S the the grid oncept CONCEPT THEhinge HINGE THE in HINGE IN THE THE HINGE INGRID THEINGRID THE CONCEPT GRIDCCONCEPT DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND’S PORTLAND’S INTERSECTING INTERSECTING INTERSECTING GRID GRID GRID intersecting grid
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A DAY IN THE PARK
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Cross Section of Park showing swale and structure
Block 112: The Hinge In the Grid Portland, OR
Block 112 Studio
The downtown Portland grid shifts with the turn of the Willamette River. The North and South park blocks meet at this hinge in grid. This shift in the grid historically separated the more affluent South Park blocks and residential area from the less affluent North park blocks and surrounding slums. Block 112 takes shape in the form of these two grids superimposed on each other. Taking
Faculty: Robert Melnick
shapes from both grids and combining them into a whole the park honors the unification of these once divergent neighborhoods.
Design Tools: Site Analysis, Research, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, SketchUp, Hand Drawing
Spring 2013
Role: I researched the Portland, Downtown and the North Park Blocks for the class. history of
particularly,
I also served as a stormwater consultant for a number of students in the class.
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Block 112: The Hinge in the Grid
ART GALLERY
FOOD CARTS
SKATEABLE SCULPTURES
LEAPING FOUNTAIN SCULPTURAL BENCHES Perspective of the park at night. Dove Tree
Kousa Dogwood
Sample plant palette.
Blue Wild Rye
Oregon Lupine
Foothills Sedge
Sitka Brome
Romer’s Fescue
Slough Sedge
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Eugene Farmer’s Market
SketchUp model of the basalt fountain and stormwater flow through planter rendered with SU Podium.
Eugene Farmer’s Market Eugene, OR This team project is for a new Eugene park block. The design is an adaptation of a one provided by Stangeland & Assoc. Requirements for the studio included creating a full set of construction documents for the park. My responsibilities included grading, structure design, stormwater management design and calculations, water feature design, illustrative plan rendering, and construction documents.
Technical Studio Winter 2013
Faculty: Ron Lovinger & Brad Stangeland
Design Team: Don Rickman, Jeffrey Luers
Role: My responsibilities included the grading plan, structure design, stormwater
Design Tools: AutoCAD, Hand Drawing, SketchUp, SU Podium, Markers
management design and calculations, water feature design, and illustrative plan rendering
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Eugene Farmer’s Market
Hand rendered illustrative plan over CAD base.
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Eugene Farmer’s Market
The CAD base was prepared by Don Rickman and myelf. 16
Eugene Farmer’s Market
Grading plan prepared from corner survey points.
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Eugene Farmer’s Market
Basalt fountain schematic layout. 18
Eugene Farmer’s Market
Example of Stormwater planter construction documents.
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About Me EDUCATION………………………………………………
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES…………………….
bachelor’s
Landscape Architecture/Minor in Geography Cum Laude University of Oregon Winter 2014
Guest Presenter ASLA Willamette Valley Section Monthly Luncheon April 2014
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE………………………………
Vice President, UO Student Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects 2012-2013
Landscape Laborer Back to the Roots Landscaping Eugene, OR Spring 2014-Present Supervisor: Jeremy Hall Email: halljer@gmail.com • Irrigation installation • Tree and plant installation • Grading Creator/Project Manager Eugene Green Alley Project Eugene, OR Fall 2013-Present Supervisor: Self • Performed site analysis and mapping of alleys • Conducted community outreach and presentations • Prepared Green Alley report for the City of Eugene • Presented project to City Council and Mayor • Working in partnership to establish pilot project
Treasurer, UO Student Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects, 2011-2012 Member American Society of Landscape Architects 2010-present AWARDS………………………………………………… Marie & Arthur Berger Scholarship 2013 Jane Kerr Platt Native Plant Scholarship 2012 Voted Best Local Activist Eugene Weekly 2005 SKILLS……………………………………………………
Assistant to Landscape Architect, Siuslaw National Forest, OR Summer 2013 Supervisor: Jessica Dole R.L.A. Email: jcdole@fs.fed.us • Worked with Forest Service landscape architect to conduct corridor study of Mary’s Peak road way • Performed site analysis of road way, viewpoints, and observation point • Produced maps, corridor report and design guide, conceptual plans and rendered images Intern Neighborhood Services City of Eugene Eugene, OR Winter-Spring 2012 Supervisor: Rene Kane Email: rene.c.kane@ci.eugene.or.us • Facilitated organization of community leaders in their quest to create an urban agricultural project • Conducted analysis of neighborhood food insecurity issues • Performed case studies of urban agricultural projects
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Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, SketchUp, AutoCAD, ArcGIS, Hand Drawing, Presentation, Public Speaking, Media Experience, Familiar w/ Revit, Vectorworks, Land F/X REFERENCES………………………………………… Liska Chan Robert Melnick Dr. Deni Ruggeri
541.346.2899 | chan@uoregonedu 541.346.2193 | rzm@uoregon.edu 541.346.3619 | druggeri@uoregon.edu
CONTACT…………………………………………
Jeffrey Luers 541-606-1603 jmluers@gmail.com
About Me
I believe that landscape architects have the ability to affect cultural change with their designs and contributions and as such have an ethical duty to address pressing social and environmental issues such as climate change. It is my career aspiration to incorporate visible and aesthetically pleasing natural systems and habitats into designs and to contribute to the creation of a truly sustainable future that takes the needs of future generations into every consideration.
When I am not hard at
work I am hard at play and can be found climbing old-growth trees, riding obscure back roads, or admiring the sunrise in the wilderness. I am always in search of new ideas, inspiration, and feedback. I can be contacted at jmluers@gmail.com.
Thank you for taking the time look at my portfolio,
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