Landscape Architecture Portfolio 2015

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graphic design landscape architecture cultural resource planning visual resource management

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Colao & Peter 2014 Landscape Architecture Intern/Design Assistant | Fairfax, VA

540.226.5870 hare.jm@gmail.com 2009 Fall Hill Ave Fredericksburg, VA

• Worked on high-end residential design projects ranging from small patios to estate gardens • Duties included budget estimation, planting plans, construction documents, 3D renderings, concept plans, & graphic design

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University 2013-2014 Graduate Teaching Assistant | Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA, USA

Master’s of Landscape Architecture | 2015 Coursework completed May 2014 Bachelor’s of Landscape Architecture | May 2014 Cum Laude • Sigma Lambda Alpha honors society • President of ASLA Student Chapter

Tongji University Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Fall 2011 Study abroad exchange program

Fredericksburg, VA, USA

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MLA Candidate Spring 2014

ASLA Excellence in Landscape Architecture Studies Honor Award Spring 2013

College of Architecture + Urban Studies, Virginia Tech: Design For Diversity Competition First Place Spring 2013

Germanna Community College

2014 University Olmsted Scholar Landscape Architecture Foundation

awards

education

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August 2004 – May 2008 Associate of Arts & Sciences, General Studies

Magna Cum Laude

Benjamin C. Johnson + Janice K. McBee Graduate Prize for Excellence in Design Spring 2013

Finalist: Shanghai 2040 Design Competition Fall 2011

• Organized and taught introductory online course in Landscape Architecture • Assisted faculty in researching & developing lab assignments for Land Analysis/GIS course • Facilitated group projects with students & assisted students with targeted research projects

• Assisted with heritage tourism planning activities including viewshed analyses, cultural resource inventories, & ecological asset planning • Created strategies for visitor education by developing 3D representations & maps of ancient settlements

• Edited & designed educational tool for design strategies to minimize visual impacts of development on public lands, focusing on conservation of pristine landscapes and preservation of cultural resources • Wrote guidelines for visual resource management & land use planning decisions

Central Lydia Archaeological Survey Summer 2013 Landscape Architecture Consultant/Surveyor | Tekelioglu, Manisa, Turkey

Bureau of Land Management 2012-2013 GIS/Visual Resources Intern | Washington, D.C.

DJ Environmental, Inc. 2011 Graphic Designer/Consultant | Cody, WY

• Redesigned & updated the layout of legal oil & gas leasing flowcharts

• Provided solutions for visual impact mitigation on public lands in the Western US

Community Design Assistance Center Volunteer | Blacksburg, VA

• Design charette participation & facilitation with community members & landowners

project themes garden

farm

city

conservation

5. Valley & Ridge Garden at Norris Hall

Blacksburg, VA 9. Residential Design

Various Locations

13. Montessori Learning Center & Park Blacksburg, VA

17. Prices Fork Village

Prices Fork, VA 21. Kentland Farm

Montgomery County, VA

23. Shanghai Fantasies

Shanghai, PRC 27. Detroit Resiliency Vision

Detroit, MI

33. Visual Resource Management

Policy development

Various locations

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about me

I love art, history, and the environment. This is part of my journey towards becoming a landscape architect. Thanks for looking!

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CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS SELECTED PROJECTS

experience with Erosion & Sediment control measures/plans, hydrologic analysis with Civil 3D, construction details

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AutoCAD

hare designs

Legend & Notes Lamppost

Drain Inlet

Jenn Hare Landscape Planning & Design 626 E. Roanoke St. Blacksburg, VA

Emergency Callbox Limit of Grading Proposed Contours Existing Contours Pipes Limit of Work Top of Wall / Bottom of Wall Top of Stair / Bottom of Stair Alignment of Elements Inlet Protection

Revisions

Blacksburg, VA 24060

Notes 1. Hold the finished grade 1" below adjacent pavements, except where shown otherwise with spot elevations.

2. A maximum slope on walks shall be 3%. The maximum slope on ramps shall be 6%.

3. A minimum slope on large paved areas shall be 1% (away from buildings.)

4. Any discrepancies in grade elevations between the plans and existing conditions shall be brought to the attention of the Landscape Architect immediately.

5. All proposed finished grades and paving surfaces shall meet existing grades and surfaces with smooth and continuous transitions, and be flush along entire surface.

6. All graded areas above a 5% grade shall use surface roughening in order to aid in the establishment of vegetation prior to stabilization.

7. Relevant inlet protection shall be installed around existing and proposed inlets prior to major grading in order to avoid sediment loading of drainage systems.

Inlet protection devices are to be inspected and cleaned after all storm events.

8. Silt fences are to be installed around areas of major drainage with high runoff potential, and shall be inspected and cleared after all storm events.

Client VA Tech Campus

Silt Fence

Norris Garden

Surface Roughening

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GRADING PLAN

Scale

1" = 10' 0"

Date May 2 2012 Drawn By Jenn Hare Job No.

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Notes

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Valley + Ridge Garden at Norris Hall

garden project stats ~1/2acre Blacksburg, VA university campus contemplative use native plants + materials CAD, Ps, SketchUp, hand-drawing

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Taking cues from the beautiful, wild landscape of the Appalachian Mountains, the design creates a multi-sensory experience that reminds the visitor of a visit to the Cascades, McAfee’s Knob, or a butterfly-filled wildflower meadow.

Native vegetation, edible plants, butterfly-loving perennials, and winter-interest trees and shrubs create a dynamic aesthetic experience. Rough cut stone walls, boulders, and rustic wood benches that seem to grow out of the stones themselves are elegant reinterpretations of infrastructure once built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.

The garden pays homage to the unique landscape in which Virginia Tech resides and creates a unique place for escape on campus.

Master Plan

Perspective B

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Accessible Ramp

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New Norris Entrance

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Existing Memorial Garden

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Pond w/ Bubblers

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Seating/Meeting Area

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Rain Garden

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Semi-Private Seating

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Group Meeting Area

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Berry Patch

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10 Private Area 11 Private Area for Small Groups 12 Lunching Area 13 14 Grassy Overlook Area

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Perspective A

Stormwater Plan

Spatial Organization

Lighting Scheme

Group Seating Area/ Lunch Area

Promontory Overlook

Contemplative

Reading Nook Semi-Private Seating Group Meeting Area

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Perspective B

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Perspective A

Details As the terrace walls grow out of the Hokie-stone facade of Norris Hall, they slowly deconstruct from an ashlar pattern to a more natural, rough-cut appearance. The wall then further deconstructs to an organic, natural wall made of limestone boulders with native vegetation peaking through crevices.

Planting Concept All of the plants chosen for the perennial beds were carefully selected to pay homage to original inhabitants of this area. Herbs such as valerian root, wild bergamot, hellebore, chicory, and hyssop were chosen for their aromatic, medicinal, and historic usage.

Many of the herbals in the planting beds can be consumed, and were once prized by early settlers and Native Americans for their medicinal properties. Signage throughout the garden will indicate each plants medicinal and culinary use.

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Fall

Winter

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garden

clarendon residence

project stats

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1-6 acres Washington, D.C. Metro Area single-family residential Ps, SketchUp, handdrawing, CAD

MODERN STYLING A lot of attention was paid to making the rear garden sleek and modern, in contrast to the traditional simplicity of the front entry and garden. With limited space and a long wishlist, attention to detail was incredibly important. Sketching was a big part of the process, while 3D representations aided in conveying ideas to the client.

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TRADITIONAL LINES Though the client already had a design plan, this commission was to clarify material choices as well as detailing of steps, walls, and spa area. Construction documents were created for material lists and budget estimation, and 3Ds used to assist the client in finalizing design decisions.

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GARDEN DESIGN MANTRA I love the creativity allowed in residential garden design - I enjoy working out interesting details and making things fit together in small spaces. I’m constantly trying to expand my design toolkit, and garden design provides an outlet for design problems that require the ability to work quickly between the sketchbook, CAD, and 3D programs in order to produce graphic representations that are easily readable for clients.

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farm

project stats

montessori learning center & park 200+ acres Blacksburg, VA rural, low-density educational + recreational ecology, programming, hydrology Ps, SketchUp, hand-drawing

What was once a dairy farm is now a post-agricultural successional landscape, with no solid vision for the future. The park has the potential to become much more; to foster a sense of engagement with the natural world. The new park creates a place that offers opportunities for people of all ages to experience the world around them.

berry thicket playground/picnic area wildlife lookout pond community dog park school site

A community garden space on the northeastern corner of the site encourages community engagement and provides the nearby trailer park’s residents with a functional new backyard.

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The old, crumbling, ivy-covered farm buildings will be given new life by returning them to a functional farm state and re-envisioning them as active classroom spaces.

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orchard

growthPROCESS cycles

school PLAYcreativity learning garden

HEALTH

health EXPERIENCE EXPLORATION fun

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LEARNING CENTER The Waldorf School at Brown’s Farm is a place where every child is encouraged to learn by experience and using their own creativity. The design embraces the surrounding landscape, and re-creates natural habitats surrounding the school: forest, meadow, wetland, and pond. There are also opportunities for students to learn about food production in the school gardens & orchard.

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DETAILS The library courtyard & adjacent area design is a small-scale demonstration of the natural habitats found throughout the park. The space is surrounded by either “forest” or “meadow”, and there is a bioretention pond that acts as a scaleddown wetland. The space is both functional for day to day school activities, but also provides opportunities for creative learning.

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Regional Green Infrastructure Plan

prices fork village neighborhood project stats

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250+acres Prices Fork, VA rural, low-density community planning housing, programming, hydrology Ps, SketchUp, hand-drawing, CAD, GIS

Hydrology Diagram

Neighborhood Masterplan

Land Use Plan

PRICES FORK VILLAGE

Housing along ridgelines to increase solar receipt - subsidized solar panels will be installed on all new homes. This orientation also allows for runoff to move downhill through a series of rain gardens, eventually draining into an established wetland.

Although arguably Prices Fork, VA will probably not need 121 new single-family housing units, this project proposes an environmentally-sustainable alternative to typical suburban developments. All 200,000 SF of added impervious surface will be offset with rain gardens, bioretention cells, and a new wetland system. Urban agriculture will be added with community gardens and co-op farming plots. Solar cells will be installed on all homes, and orientation of the buildings maximize passive solar. The orientation of the development also allows for a hierarchy of public and semi-public space.

Multi-family housing is in the center of the development, and creates a hub of activities for all residents.

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Detail Plan

Visible Hydrology + Green Street At a detail scale, multi-family housing units in a modern style form the spin of a new active green space that will become the center of the new community. Nearby co-op garden spaces bring residents together while providing local food sources. Runoff from the roofs is collected and treated visibly through a system of runnels and bio-retention cells that provide private enclosures for the apartment patios.

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BMP diagram

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winter

summer

antebellum 1820 - 1860s

current 1980s - 2013

cultural resources at Kentland Farm project stats

600 acres Montgomery CO, VA rural research farm cultural landscape documentation history, change, adaptive reuse GIS, archival research, interviews, etc.

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connection hub

plantation backdrop

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placing traces many of the original buildings have long since crumbled, or been dismantled and used elsewhere. Through a combination of oral histories and narratives backed up by archaeological surveys and remote sensing

by VA DHR and VA Tech, much of what was lost can be placed upon a map. though impossible to re-create an authentic experience of Kentland Farm during its heyday, through the use of an online archive, GIS web mapping, and augmented reality apps these traces will not be forgotten and can remind and inspire future generations of farmers, designers, builders, and artisans. by using this form of historical interpretation multiple stories and experiences are told, allowing and encouraging an inclusive and dynamic history that is able to influence our understanding of the world around us.

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city

project stats

2400+sq.mi.

Shanghai, China high-density urban urban design + planning ecology, climate change, adaptation Ps, SketchUp, hand-drawing, CAD, GIS

shanghai fantasies 2040

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SHANGHAI 2040 design competition this project was a competition entry for a vision plan for Shanghai in the year 2040 - the concept for the project was to “inject green” into the city via three targeted scales: dense urban core, middle transportation zone, and coastal region; each having their own unique, site-specific injections.

It provided a framework by which cities may gradually replace vacant and forgotten space with small interventions that will have a huge impact on the broader scale.

Parts of this project were published in a book entitled “2040 Space Fantasies in Shanghai.” The bulk of this project was completed in an interdisciplinary group of architects, planners, artists, and landscape architects; the pieces included in this portfolio represent a compilation of my contribution to the project.

pressure points

proposed greenway

existing park system

metro rail

elevated highway

hydrology

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urban fabric typologies

Injection of landscape typologies into a densely urbanized environment: wetland, forest, riverine, agriculture, and meadow

flood-preventtion terracing along coastal urban areas w/ toxin-fixing vegetation + oyster beds

greening of riverway forested high rises

green roof systems and elevated greenways vertical agriculture 26

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community

opportunity

restoration

ecology

Large-Scale Planning The Fall of 5th year was dedicated to an urban planning studio that investigated the role of design in declining cities, particularly looking at Detroit, MI. this studio allowed me to view the landscape from a much broader scale of cultural, economic, and social factors, which have further influenced my approach to participatory design.

This project involved three distinct scales: heavy GIS-based analysis at the urban and regional scale to determine opportunity areas, population-based data at the district scale within the city to identify reinforcement areas, and finally site design at a neighborhood scale to re-invigorate areas identified through the analysis.

resiliency for detroit project stats 2012

150sq.mi.--40acres Detroit, Michigan high-density urban urban design + planning ecology, climate change, adaptation Ps, SketchUp, hand-drawing, CAD, GIS

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community

Watershed Buffer

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Urban Village Core

Watershed Buffer

Downtown

opportunity

Urban Core

restoration

ecology

Waterfront

RESIDENTIAL FABRIC RESIDENTIAL

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Urban Form generated by Patterns found in Nature

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3D Representation

Manipulating Form

From Form to Idea Sketch

Idea Sketches

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conservation

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Western U.S. GIS analysis Data Collection Technical Editing Policy Research Graphic Design

As an intern with the Bureau of Land Management working directly under the BLM’s Chief Landscape Architect, I assisted in the development of policy infrastructure for the protection of scenic, natural, and cultural resources on public lands and public viewsheds throughout the Western United States.

While I worked on many projects during my tenure, I am most proud of the a draft technical note that established best management practices and design guidelines for minimizing visual impacts of development. I oversaw the research, technical editing of content, and graphic design of the document.

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Form is defined as the mass or shape of objects in the landscape

Line is the real or imagined path the eye follows when viewing the landscape

Color is the major visual property of surfaces which creates the visual contrast of a landscape

Visual Resource Management

is the practice of protecting, managing, and assessing scenic resources across landscapes. It encompasses a broad range of best management practices and land planning principles which are aimed at minimizing visual impacts to these resources. It is especially important in the open spaces of the Western US where increased pressure for energy and utility development threatens the visual integrity of culturally significant viewsheds, although best management practices for the treatment and assessment of visual characteristics may apply to any landscape. Visual impacts may be caused by any activities which alter the scenic character of the landscape - managing visual resources does not necessarily limit development, it is simply a set of practices by which development may be done in a contextually-sensitive and aesthetically-harmonious way.

The VRM system used and developed by the Bureau of Land Management includes the inventory and assessment of visual resources across public lands in order to establish management objectives for the appropriate use of land, taking into account visual, natural, cultural, social, and recreational resources. VRM encompasses a broad range of design activities from very large-scale visual modelling via GIS, to analyzing land use plans, to making design recommendations for the placement of utility corridors, and everything in between. It provides a bridge between natural and cultural resources and development demands.

A challenge of VRM is analysing visual components of the landscape and turning them into measurable data; the matrix below is an example of data shown in the map to the right.

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Texture is the overall pattern of objects in the landscape

Angle of Distance & Observer Position impact the relative spatial dominance of objects in the landscape

KOPs are the points at which an object/development facility will be most frequently viewed - typically roads, trails, pulloffs, or scenic overlooks

Best Management Practices

Aside from being able to read and evaluate the visual characteristics of the landscape, a key to managing visual resources is making recommendations for the most appropriate design treatments and methods for landscape alterations - otherwise known as BMPs. Color, pattern, and revegetation mimic the native landscape characteristics:

Minimize Rights-of-Way by feathering vegetation during rehabilitation; this minimizes the strong linear cut through the landscape

A combination of working with topography, using low-profile facilities, and the right color/camo application will greatly minimize impacts

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jenn HARE

tel: 540 226 5870 email: hare.jm@gmail.com 2009 Fall Hill Ave. Fredericksburg, Va 22401

...Is a landscape design professional with both public and private experience in the fields of landscape architecture and environmental planning.

She specializes in site design, visual resource management, and landscape planning.

As a Visual Resource Management intern with the Bureau of Land Management, Jenn evaluated existing land use plans, environmental assessments, and other planning documents to develop guidelines for the protection of natural, visual, and cultural resources while balancing development demands and competing land uses. Complementary to these guidelines, she designed an educational tool for minimizing visual impacts of proposed energy development on public lands. As a Surveyor with the Central Lydia Archaeological Survey, she helped to develop a methodology for viewshed analysis that considered existing conditions, proposed development, and proposed conservation sites to assist in the planning of a heritage tourism district. This involved both field survey research and community interaction to develop a framework for the protection of environmental as well as cultural resources. Jenn also served as teaching assistant for undergraduate courses in Land Analysis and Environmental Systems, where she assisted students with the development of targeted environmental research projects and instructed students on using GIS to evaluate conservation values and develop resource protection plans at local and regional scales.

Jenn Hare holds a BLA from Virginia Tech, where she earned recognition as a top graduating senior by the Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. She earned multiple awards for excellence in design for her work documenting a cultural landscape in Southwest Virginia, and was recognized as University Olmsted Scholar by the Landscape Architecture Foundation in 2014. She is currently writing her Master’s thesis on the protection of cultural resources in transitional urban neighborhoods towards the completion of a Master’s of Landscape Architecture from Virginia Tech.

Other Information issuu.com/jennhare/docs/harejenn_portfolio behance.net/jennhare jennharedesigns.wordpress.com

Thank you!

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