JENNIFER LIVINGSTON
Master of Landscape Architecture, May 2015 University of Virginia 434.282.8386 | jll8ge@virginia.edu
about me: From my earliest experiences in the industrial landscape of Lenoir, North Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, I internalized a deep appreciation for the juxtaposition of the utilitarian built environment and natural systems. I attended college in the North Carolina mountains where my study of art making and exhibition planning and installation lead to my thesis exhibition, which was focused on the evolution of the furniture industry in my hometown. I recognized a tension that existed in places like my hometown where industry and infrastructure have become an integral part of the landscape. These experiences led me to pursue a degree in landscape architecture.
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CONTENTS Brief Bio Statement of Intent
DESIGN PROJECTS
Rewilding NOLA Micro-Watershed Two Lakes + a Dam Interstice + Phenotype Threshold as Plaza Flexible Framework
RESEARCH
Subterranean Landscape Subterranean Site: Avtex The Arctic: Prudhoe Bay The Arctic: Pyramiden What’s Out There Virginia Mapping Pollocks Branch
SKILLS
Detail Design Planting Plan Site Reading Diagrams Hand Drawing Models Art Installation
RESUME + REFERENCES 434.282.8386 | jll8ge@virginia.edu livingston
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Betula nigra
Aster tartaricus Deschampsia cespitosa Eupitorium altissima ‘Chocolate’ Briza media Molinia ‘Moorhexe’
Darmera peltata Tellima grandiflora
Anemone hadspen ‘Abundance’
Darmera peltata
Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’
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study of Piet Oudolf ’s design for Ichthushof, Rotterdam in winter
STATEMENT OF INTENT:
Deschampsia cespitosa
Aster tartaricus
Briza media
I completed my Master of Landscape Architecture degree at the University of Virginia School of Architecture in 2015. During my time at UVA, I acquired an in-depth understanding of the design process on a wide range of projects, from small intimate spaces to large urban infrastructural networks. I’ve engaged these varied sites and scales using a variety of techniques and representation methods, from hand sketching and study models to digital modeling and fabrication. Through these explorations, I’ve gained a deep appreciation of natural systems and landscape processes. I am especially interested in how these systems and processes can be integrated into urban infrastructure and public space. In support of my design work, I took additional courses focused on landscape history and theory, plant materials, construction methods, parametric modeling, and independent research. I also served as a research assistant and teaching assistant, supporting initiatives and courses focused on cultural landscapes, landscape theory, and regenerative technologies. I value the opportunity to draw from my experiences at UVA while continuing to expand my knowledge of the field.
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DESIGN PROJECTS REWILDING NOLA
planting strategies for latent parcels studio critic: Julie Bargmann | fall 2014
MICRO-WATERSHED
high density dwelling | collaborative studio project studio critic: Robin Dripps | fall 2013
TWO LAKES + A DAM
lake + topographic context studio critic: Teresa Gali-Izard | spring 2013
INTERSTICE + PHENOTYPE
botanical demonstration garden studio critic: Brian Osborn | fall 2012
THRESHOLD AS PLAZA
occupying liminal space studio critic: Beth Meyer | spring 2015
FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK
regenerative strategies for fallow territory studio critic: Jorg Sieweke | spring 2014
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REWILDING NOLA
studio project | planting strategies for latent parcels studio critic: Julie Bargmann | fall 2014 landscape prototypes: indigenous
NEW ORLEANS’ urban landscape arose from the footprint of a cypress swamp. Understanding this historic condition is important as it implies ways in which urbanism and constructed nature might coexist. REWILDING NOLA reintroduces aspects of the indigenous landscape to the existing urban fabric through strategic, prototypical, citywide planting of iconic native species, such as bald cypress. These symbolic prototypes signify collective cultural memory and provide ways in which to reimagine fallow territory. Site conditions including lot size, ground composition and program needs determine prototype application, resulting in a physical, urban manifestation of the iconic indigenous landscape. Implementation is phased beginning with lowest lying, flood-prone areas in the urban core cypress tupelo swamp and radiating outward to encompass larger parcels over time. cypress tupelo swamp
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batture
batture
bottomland hardwood bottomland hardwood forest forest
live oak natural live oak natural levee levee
indigenous landscape prototypes
critter corridor: wet meadow and bottomland hardwood species introduced along highway livingston
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
BAYOU SAUVAGE
SIX FLAGS
NOLA URBAN DEVELOPMENT 1708
undeveloped
1722
indigenous (existing)
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indigenous (proposed)
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water
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cultural + ecologoical significance
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canals
1893
levees
1920 1949 2014
AUDUBON ZOO
CENTRAL CITY CYPRESS WOODLAND 0
4000
8000 16000 ft
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BROADMOOR: SITE CONDITIONS
Ground conditions in central city 6’ 6’
7’ 7’
8’ 8’
10’ 10’
15’ 15’
30’ 30’
45’ 45’
60’ 60’
80’ 80’
100’ 100’
2 years 2 years
2.5 years 2.5 years
3 years 3 years
4 years 4 years
6 years 6 years
8 years 8 years
10 years 10 years
15 years 15 years
30 years 30 years
80+ years 80+ years
3.5’ 3.5’
HEIGHT HEIGHT
wild garden
cypress woodland
small lot = singlesmall specimen lot = small lot = single specimen single specimen small lot = single specimen
medium lot = medium cypress woodland lot = medium lot = cypress woodland random grid medium lot = cypress woodland
1 year 1AGE year AGE
bare earth
debris / dump
concrete foundation
asphalt
turf
emergent vegetation
planted form tests
cypress nursery
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large lot = cypress nursery large lot = cypress nursery large lot = cypresslarge nursery lot
= regular grid
NOLA: Central city neighborhood cypress forest matrix livingston
full grid
border
interior
quincunx
single specimen
allee
BROADMOOR: SITE CONDITIONS BROADMOOR: SITE CONDITIONS
NOLA Central City: wild garden livingston
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rewilding nola
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64 ft
NOLA Central City: large industrial lot + concrete foundation = cypress nursery + cypress woodland livingston
NOLA Central City: large industrial lot + concrete foundation = cypress nursery + cypress woodland livingston
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MICRO-WATERSHED
collaborative studio project with M. Arch. student | high density dwelling studio critic: Robin Dripps | studio partner: Sarah Brummett | fall 2013
The dual pressures of population growth and relocation due to climate change pose significant challenges to inland cities in the future. MICRO-WATERSHED seeks to accommodate a significant increase in population density through a redesigned relationship to water. A unified topographic surface that enhances the relationship between building and ground, functions as integral water infrastructure. Using parametric modeling, the area of the site is determined sufficient to satisfy the non-potable water demand of residents through a system that collects, filters, and stores water locally. These processes are made visible in the landscape, and celebrated in a series of roof terraces, public plazas, and collection basins throughout the site.
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waterflow study used to parametrically generate new contours livingston
proposed primary and secondary on-site swales and streams
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context plan: watershed + waterways 0 50 100
200
400 ft
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micro-watershed
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Exaggerate existing topography.
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Simplify contour lines.
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Determine boundaries for water flow.
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Determine building footprints.
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Extrude structures.
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Height based on water collection areas.
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site plan: waterways, collection basins, structures, terraces 0 25
50
100
200 ft
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micro-watershed
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Existing condition.
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Phase I: swale system + terraced ground.
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Phase II: terraced ground - land + building.
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Phase III: terraced ground - land + building.
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studio project | lake + surrounding topography studio critic: Teresa Gali-Izard | spring 2013
TWO LAKES + A DAM TWO LAKES + A DAM is a proposition for a reservoir as an urban amenity, not only as a source of drinking water, but also as public gathering space. As the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir continues to fill with sediment from the Rivanna River, Charlottesville is in need of access to a new water body to support local water consumption. A new reservoir is sited to the north of the city, but close enough to downtown that a strong relationship between local residents and their water supply can be established. In order to maintain water levels and quality, the water body is strategically subdivided into smaller compartments and the edges are planted with a layered strategy to aid water filtration and cleansing.
South Fork Rivanna Reservoir
Ragged Mountain Reservoir
water
Sugar Hollow Reservoir
Sugar Hollow Reservoir
forest
meadow
suburban development
surface area: 57 acres total volume: 360 million gallons watershed area: 11,251 acres
Ragged Dam - 1885 RaggedMountain MountainEarth EarthEmbankment Embankment Dam - 1885 Proposed Lake Rivanna
surface area: 193 acres total volume: 1.2 billion gallons watershed area: 31,258 acres
Ragged Mountain Reservoir surface area: 70 acres total volume: 510 million gallons watershed area: 1,179 acres
Ragged Dam - 1908 RaggedMountain MountainEarth EarthEmbankment Embankment Dam - 1908
Sugar Gravity Dam - 1947 SugarHollow HollowConcrete Concrete Gravity Dam - 1947 South Fork Rivanna Reservoir
Ragged Mountain Reservoir Ragged Mountain Reservoir
South Fork Rivanna Reservoir 366 acres 366 acres 800 million gallons gallons 800 million
70 acres 70 acres 462 million gallons 462 million gallons
Sugar Hollow Reservoir Sugar Hollow Reservoir
57 acres 57 acres 324 million gallons 324 million gallons
==5050 million gallons million
2500
625 0
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gallons
local reservoir studies: watershed + surface area + capacity
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South Fork Rivanna Concrete Gravity Dam - 1966 South Fork Rivanna Concrete Gravity Dam - 1966
local reservoir studies: landscape ecology + dams
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earthen dam 2 lakes at 2 different elevations
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two lakes
+ a dam
2 lakes at 2 different elevations
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subgrade connections
forest
grading
groundcover
grading plan 0 125 250
500
1000 ft
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studio project | botanical demonstration garden studio critic: Brian Osborn | fall 2012
INTERSTICE + PHENOTYPE Developed through quick study models, the relationship between the ground and structure is understood as one of flux. This relationship informed the design of INTERSTICE + PHENOTYPE, an experimental garden on grounds at UVA, which allows for the study of ephemeral ground and structural conditions, comprised of both living and temporal, non-living material. INTERSTICE proposes a series of biodegradable structures that create habitat, observing the relationship between plant growth and structural degradation. Similar to the way a PHENOTYPE results from the interaction of organisms with their environment, the visitors center, greenhouses and seed bank emerge from and respond to the surrounding landform.
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visitor center amphitheatre with constructed canopy and green roof livingston
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interstice
+ phenotype
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visitor center amphitheater
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studio project | plaza + bus stop on grounds at UVA studio critics: Beth Meyer + Shanti Levy | spring 2015
THRESHOLD AS PLAZA Thresholds and liminal spaces function as important connective tissue between central figures. Often ambiguous and open to interpretation, these spaces offer unique opportunities. Through the cultivation of a composite setting that promotes productive, yet sometimes unplanned use, public space is a collective act. It is made not only through design and construction but also through occupation, appropriation, and collective cultural memory. THRESHOLD AS PLAZA proposes a sequence of “sticky”, “slippery”, and “gooey” spaces to enhance occupation, circulation, and interaction in a prominent place on grounds, connecting the south Lawn, McIntire Amphitheater and McCormick Road.
slippery space
sticky space
gooey space
SLIPPERY
STICKY
GOOEY
walkable terrace
ways of understanding public space on UVA’s grounds
standard stair
seating terraces
long tread stair
stramp
seating terrace + stair
re-envisioning thresholds as occupiable spaces at UVA
terrace
walkable terrace
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short-tread stair seating terrace standard stair seating terraces
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long-tread stair long tread stair
stramp stramp
terrace + +stair seating terrace stair
varied widths varied tread tread width
5% 5% ramp ramp
8.33% 8.33 % ramp ramp
5%5%switchback switchback
10% slope 10% slope
20 % slope slope 20%
varied slope varied slope
sampling of constructed topography
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13” 14”
6”
6”
15.75”
32.5”
14.75” 7”
5.75”
29.75” 14.5”
STAIRS from McCormick Road toward McIntire Amphitheater
STAIRS in McIntire Amphitheater
STAIRS from sidewalk to top of McIntire Amphitheater
McIntire Amphitheater SEATING
re-envisioning the threshold between The Lawn and McIntire Amphitheatre
13” 14” 6”
6” 15.75”
13.5” 32.5”
13”
14.75”
32.25”
7”
5.75”
29.75”
5.75” 12”
41”
12” 5.5”
14.5”
29” 27” 26”
7”
21.5” 23.5”
STAIRS from McCormick Road toward stairs from McCormick Road McIntire Amphitheater toward McIntire Amphitheater
stairs to top of McIntire Amphitheater
STAIRS fromfrom sidewalk to top of sidewalk McIntire Amphitheater
STAIRS in McIntire Amphitheater stairs in McIntire Amphitheater
McIntire Amphitheater SEATING seating McIntire Amphitheater
stairs
toward residential college STAIRS toward residential college (across from crosswalk) from sidewalk
stairs
toward residential college STAIRS toward residential college (across from bus stop) (across from bus stop)
stairs toward STAIRS toward church church courtyard courtyard (near The Corner) near The Corner
seat wall
at bus stop by SEAT wall at bus stop by UVA Chapel Chapel
UVA
measurements of stairs, walls, and rails on UVA’s grounds livingston
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5.75” 12”
12”
41”
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site plan: proposed seating, paving, groundcover, and planting
section axon showing sticky, slippery and gooey spaces in relation to topography, materials, and shade livingston
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threshold as plaza
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8
16 ft
detail plan showing sticky, slippery and gooey spaces in relation to stairs, seating, materials and planting
material palette 1 black locust lumber
2 brick pavers 3 Prunus avium
4 crushed stone 5 bluestone 6 Platanus acerifolia
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detail section axon noting material and plant palette
BIO-INDICATORS
FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK BALTIMORE, like many post-industrial cities, has been in a state of transition in recent decades. While this transition lead to commercial development in some areas, many parcels throughout the city remain in a liminal state, abandoned or underutilized. This current state of disuse offers an opportunity to reimagine new modes of landscape industry, production and regeneration. FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK takes on the fallow territory of Port Covington on the north edge of the Middle Branch portion of Baltimore Harbor. This area contains remnants of many industries, including a pesticide manufacturing facility that contributed to obscene arsenic levels in a nearby park and other surrounding properties. This project sets forth a menu of regenerative methods that help remove and reduce industrial residue, creating productive landscapes that contribute to the local economy and public spaces that enhance community life.
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studio project | regenerative strategies for fallow territory studio critic: Jorg Sieweke | Spring 2014
PLUME PHASE1
PLUME PHASE 2
PLUME PHASE 3
remediation strategies migrate as contamination shifts
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flexible framework
N
N
N
MDOT
MDOT
Baltimore Gas & Electric
ammonia
VOCs
PNAs
coal tar
PAHs
Baltimore Gas & Electric
Baltimore Gas & Electric
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Gould Street Power Plant
Allied Chemical Residential
Lyon-Conkling Metal Bldg. Co.
Republic Services, Allied Waste
Residential NGK-Locke Insulators
Gould Street Power Plant
Rew Materials
Downtown Dog Resort & Spa Residential
Cr
Tyco Telecommunications
Baltimore Sun
Atlantic Forest
Cruise Maryland
24
As
Arsenic
City of Baltimore Repair Garage
Pb Lead
NGK-Locke Insulators
Atlantic Forest
Republic Services, Allied Waste
82
As
29
PAHs
30
700
1400 ft
0
Walmart
hog-n-haul
phytoremediation
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low
high
historic industry in Port Covington
700
Zn
Carrollton Bank Maryland Tint
high
Lead
contemporary industry in Port Covington
bioventing
mycoremediation
PNAs
PAHs
VOCs
Walmart
Copper
56
Ba
Barium
30
Zn Zinc
Cu
Zinc
82
Pb
PAHs
29
Zn
1400 ft
contaminant risk
contaminant risk
low
175 350
coal tar
Cruise Maryland
Terminal Corporation
NGK-Locke Insulators
Nick’s Fish House & Grill
30
175 350
PAHs
Lead
Arsenic
ammonia
Copper
82
Zinc
Maryland Tint 0
Baltimore Sun
City of Baltimore Repair Garage
Copper
Tyco Telecommunications
29
TE Connectivity
Cu
PAHs
Pb
MDOT
24
Cu
Carrollton Bank
Gould Street Power Plant
Honeywell
Arsenic
Terminal Corporation
MDOT
Nick’s Fish House & Grill
Dog Resort & Spa Residential
As
TE Connectivity
Honeywell
Rew Materials
Chromium Downtown
24
24
As
Arsenic
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Cr
82
Pb Lead
0
29
Cu
Chromium
low
algae scrubber
landfarming
productive landscape
biofuel from cellulose
biofuel from bacteria + biomass
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700
1400 ft
contaminant risk
residual contamination in Port Covington
enhanced bioremediation
175 350
Copper
high
N
Federal Hill Locust Point
to Westport
0
175 350
700
phasing first
1400 ft
public private: vegetated
last
to Cherry Hill
private: paved neighborhood connection point pedestrian + bike access
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flexible framework
contamination testing + remediation grid strategy
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contamination testing plots
contaminated “hot spots�
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Pb Lead
29
30
Zn
Cu
Zinc
Copper
1m
56
82
Ba
Pb
Barium
Lead
30
Zn Zinc
1m
24
29
Cu
PAHs
PAHs
PNAs
1m
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As
VOCs
Cr
Chromium
Arsenic
Copper
5m
1m
1m
5m
5m
1m
2m
1m
30 m
2m
2m
1m
.5 m
15 m
1m
1m
0m
0m
0m
0m Hyhanthus floribundus shrub violet
helianthus annuus sunflower
0m Viola palustris marsh violet
Brassica juncea Indian mustard
Lupins albus white lupin
panicum virgatum Betula pendula Liriodendron tulipifera switchgrass white birch tulip poplar
Pteris vittata brake fern
5m
Glycine max
Sorghum bicolor sorghum
phytoremediation strategies using different plant species combinations to address different contaminants
remnant layers of various remediation applications depending on the severity and scale of contamination
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flexible framework
MUTUAL CHEMICAL CO. - chrome processing and manufacturing facility established GAS LIGHT CO. of BALTIMORE - Spring Gardens plant constructed - gas distilled from coal
PORT COVINGTON PIERS - piers in operation for coal and other fuels and machinery
ALLIED CHEMICAL - pesticide manufacturing facility constructed - produced DDT, etc.
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILWAY - lines established BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC - Gould Street plant established & operating
NGK-LOCKE INSULATORS - plant constructed
SWANN PARK
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1900
1850 1855
1880s
1898
1920s
1905
1933 1930s
chromium arsenic coal tar
PORT COVINGTON: INDUSTRIAL + REGENERATIVE CHRONOLOGY
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biovents
phyto phase I
CITY OF BALTIMORE - vehicle storage and maintenance facility established
MARYLAND DOT - I-95 overpasses completed
ALLIED CHEMICAL -pesticide plant - chromium closed & plant closed & demolished demolished - chromiumcontaminated debrisused to fill demolition site FERRY BAR PARK
HONEYWELL
SWANN PARK - high levels of Arsenic, cleanup
1950
MIDDLE BRANCH PARK - under construction
2000 1950s
1979 1980s
mixed-use development - construction begins
2050
2007
1985 1980s
2034
2014
chromium: bioventing + bioremediation arsenic: phytoremediation petroleum
petroleum: mycoremedation coal tar: phytoremediation
industry, tranportation, contamintation + public space in Port Covington 4
5
phyto harvest
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hog-n-haul...to the land farm
emergent vegetation
stills from Swann Park regenerative strategies stop motion animation livingston
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flexible framework
phytoextraction phytodegradation bioremediation bioremediation
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phytoharvesting
bioventing phytodegradation
phytoextraction
landfarming
regenerative strategies in Swann Park: landfarming + bioventing + bioremediation + phtyoremediation + phytoharvesting
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flexible framework
1
2
3
migration of contamination over time, showing “hot spots” or areas of high concentration in Swann Park
Cyperus articulatus jointed flatsedge 33
Cr
Chromium
Verbascum thapsus Pteris vittata brake fern common mullein
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Panicum virgatum switchgrass
Pluchea dioscoridis plowmans spikenard 24
As
Arsenic
Helianthus annuus sunflower
82
Pb Lead
Hyhanthus floribundus shrub violet
30
Zn Zinc
Lupins albus white lupin
29
Cu
Copper
Brassica juncea Indian mustard
Deschampsia cespitosa tussock grass
Molinia ‘Mo purple moo
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Ba
PCBs
Barium
Viola glabella yellow wood violet
Populus deltoides Betul eastern cottonwood river
oorhexe’ or grass
la nigra birch
1
2
3
scaler shift of remedation grid over time, depending on “hot spots” in Swann Park
Briza media quaking grass
PNAs
Salix nigra black willow
Thalspi caerulescens Alpine pennycress
PAHs
Betula pendula white birch
petroleum
Aster tataricus tatarian aster
Nicotiana rustica tobacco
coal tar
Brevibacterium sp. + friends
native algae
ammonia
fungi
VOCs
Sorghum bicolor sorghum
Glycine max soybeans
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flexible framework
1
2
Phase1: hog-n-haul to the landfarm + bioremediation
soybeans
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Phase II: phyto-monitor
Phase III: phyto-harvest
sorghum
4
5
Phase IV: phyto-cultivation + harvest
6
Phase V: farmers + neighbors co-mingle
Phase VI: expanded public space
Swann Park phased regenerative landscape strategies
sorghum
Swann Park,Year 6: bioventing + bioremediation + phytoremediation + phytoharvesting Baltimore Sun productive landscape: sorghum (to produce molasses for the bioremediation process) and soybeans (for nitrogen fixation) livingston
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CS 2 CS 2 CS 2
workforce reduced to only 400 employees
fide eate low cloud
s
As
As
Pb
additional contaminants discovered including Pb + As
PCBs
PCBsPCBs PCBs
de er er
PCBs infiltrate soil
Edinburg Formation MODERATE, SLOW MOVEMENT AND DISPERSAL OF GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS
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fine-grained aphanic limestone with shale partings, pyrite, and medium- fine- to coarse -grained, nodular limestone with thin shale partings. Fossiliferous. THICKNESS: 425 to 500 feet. livingston
Conocoheague Formation MODERATE MOVEMENT OF GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS LOWER: fine-grained dolomite, fine-grained laminated limestone and dolomitic limestone, coarse-grained sandstone; beds of flat-pebble conglomerate in dolomite. UPPER: fine-grained, laminted limestone, dolomitic limestone, and dolomite with flat-pebble conglomerate beds. includes erosional, surface-bound packages of calcarenite, limestone and dolomite. THICKNESS: approximately 2300 feet.
RESEARCH subterranean landscape
investigating the relationship between surface and subsurface advisors: Julie Bargmann + Matthew Jull | fall 2014
subterranean site: avtex
surface and subsurface at the Avtex Fibers Superfund site advisor: Julie Bargmann | spring 2015
the arctic: Pruhoe bay
cycles of extraction and labor in Prudhoe Bay and greater Alaska advisor: Leena Cho | fall 2013
the arctic: Pyramiden
reimagining an abandoned Arctic mining town advisor: Leena Cho | fall 2013
WHAT’S OUT THERE VIRGINIA
sampling of significant cultural landscapes throughout Virginia supervisors: Beth Meyer + Courtney Spearman | 2013 - 2014
Mapping pollocks branch
representing a neighborhood narrative supervisor: Beth Meyer | summer 2015
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SUBTERRANEAN LANDSCAPE
design research | investigation of the subterranean landscape advisors: Julie Bargmann + Matthew Jull | fall 2014
The subterranean landscape, or geologic layers existing below the soil horizons, is a territory that requires further investigation by landscape architects and designers, especially regarding the impacts of the materials we inadvertently introduce.These materials often act as contaminants forming plumes in our groundwater, adversely affecting the surrounding environment, ecosystems and social structures. While invisible, the presence of these plumes should spur a sense of urgency for designers to decode and visualize the implications of this contamination on the surrounding environment as well as human health, education, politics, economics, and other social systems.
sand and gravel sedimentary sedimentary/carbonate sedimentary carbonate igneous/metamorphic
geologic layer sample
weathering transportation uplift and exposure
deposition
igneous rocks (extrusive)
sediments
leaking tank
lithification unsaturated soil
consolidation sedimentary rocks
water ta
ble
metamorphism metamorphic rocks
nts
igneous rocks (intrusive)
aquifer
crystallization
melting
ground water flow
magma
geologic cycle
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free gaso line dissolve d gasoli ne comp one
basic groundwater plume anatomy
AQUIFER MEDIA TYPE
sand and gravel
AQUIFER FORM TYPE
PLUME TYPE
PLUME CHARACTERISTICS
1) UNCONSOLIDATED: INTERGRANULAR
1) FLOATER: alcohols, benzene, petroleum intergranular rapid dispersal fracture moderate movement karst rapid movement
2) CONSOLIDATED: FRACTURE
2) MIXER: leachate, soluble elements intergranular rapid dispersal fracture moderate movement karst moderate movement
3) CONSOLIDATED: KARST
3) SINKER: arsenic, cadmium, lead intergranular little to no dispersal fracture slow movement karst slow movement
sedimentary
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subterranean landscape
airborne sulfur and nitrogen compunds urban runoff
industrial impoundments uncovered road salt gasoline service station
landfills
hazardous waste dump site
pesticides and ferilizers
manure piles
water table
septic systems
seepage contaminant infiltration ground water flow
cone of depression ground water flow
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representation experiments that demonstrate the relationship between surface and subsurface
politics
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soil contamination
industry
environment
economy
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workers
development community
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industry
environment
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hydrogeology
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independent study | investigating the subsurface and surface of the Avtex Superfund site advisor: Julie Bargmann | spring 2015
SUBTERRANEAN Site: AVTEX Occupying 440-acres in Front Royal, Avtex Fibers, a former textile factory that produced
rayon, is one of the largest superfund sites in Virginia. In 1982, carbon disulfide was detected 1982 in nearby residential wells after leaching into the bedrock and migrating under the
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Shenandoah River. By 1989, the plant was forced to close. Over the next 15 years, many of the buildings were demolished and most of the contamination was extracted. The site remains largely fallow with continued monitoring and remediation. A very small portion has been repurposed for recreation, however, further redevelopment is uncertain. Martinsburg flood plain
GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS MOVE RAPIDLY AND DISPERSE EASILY unconsolidated sand, silt, and clay with pebble-size fragments of quartzite and sandstone. THICKNESS: highly variable
formation
flood plain
GROUNDWATER AND Martinsburg terrace deposits CONTAMINANTS MOVE formation CS 2 RAPIDLY CS AND DISPERSE EASILY CS
1967
LOWER: very fine-grained, very rounded, 2 unsorted,2pebbles to thin to thin argillaceous boulders of sandstone, quartzite and conglomerate in a matrix of limestone with interbedded carbon disulfide calcareous shale. MIDDLE: sand, silt and clay size. emissions create siltstone and medium- to THICKNESS: variable pervasive yellow cloud coarse-grained sandstone. UPPER: brown, medium- to coarse-grained sandstone, lower portion fossiliferous. THICKNESS: 3500 to 4100 feet.
rounded, unsorted, pebbles to boulders of sandstone, quartzite and conglomerate in a matrix of sand, silt and clay size. THICKNESS: variable
Avtex property
available workforce
MINIMAL, SLOW MOVEMENT railroad begins shipping rayonAND DISPERSAL OF from Avtex GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS LOWER: very fine-grained, very thin to thin argillaceous limestone with interbedded calcareous shale. MIDDLE: siltstone and medium- to coarse-grained sandstone. UPPER: brown, medium- to coarse-grained sandstone, lower portion fossiliferous. THICKNESS: 3500 to 4100 feet.
Edinburg Formation
terrace deposits
ated sand, silt, and ebble-size fragments and sandstone. S: highly variable
Avtex facility
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1940
floodplain ideal for construction and disposal
MODERATE, SLOW MOVEMENT 4500 employees Edinburg Rockdale Run height of AND DISPERSAL atoperation OF Formation Formation GROUNDWATERfine-grained AND fossiliferous limestone, fine-grained, CONTAMINANTSlaminated dolomitic limestone
fine-grained aphanic limestone with shale partings, pyrite, and medium- fine- to coarse -grained, nodular limestone with thin shale partings. Fossiliferous. THICKNESS: 425 to 500 feet.
Town of Front Royal
Conocoheague local economy thrives Formation LOWER: fine-grained dolomite, fine-grained laminated limestone and dolomitic limestone, coarse-grained sandstone; beds of flat-pebble conglomerate in dolomite. UPPER: fine-grained, laminted limestone, dolomitic limestone, and dolomite with flat-pebble conglomerate beds. includes erosional, surface-bound packages of calcarenite, limestone and dolomite. THICKNESS: approximately 2300 feet.
and dolomite with mottled beds;
fine-grained aphanic limestone with shale thin lenses of gray chert common near the base of the formation. partings, pyrite, and mediumfine- to THICKNESS: approximately 2400 feet. limestone with coarse -grained, nodular thin shale partings. Fossiliferous. THICKNESS: 425 to 500 feet.
ACILITY is constructed and the production of rayon begins. Front ion for textile production due to the existing rail line, and flood plain r minimal grading prior to construction and easy disposal of waste.
Rockdale Run PCBs
PCBs
2 CS 2CS Formation carbon disulfide and other contaminants begin to leach from basins
flood plain
ATER AND ANTS MOVE RAPIDLY RSE EASILY
d sand, silt, and clay with gments of quartzite and CKNESS: highly variable
MODERATE MOVEMENT OF GROUNDWATER AND Martinsburg terrace deposits formation CONTAMINANTS
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GROUNDWATER AND fine-grained fossiliferous limestone, CONTAMINANTS MOVE RAPIDLY ANDdolomitic DISPERSE EASILY fine-grained, laminated limestone rounded, unsorted, pebbles to boulders of sandstone,beds; quartzite andthin conglomerate in a and dolomite with mottled lenses LOWER: very fine-grained, very thin to thin matrix of sand, silt and clay size. argillaceous limestone with interbedded variable calcareousof shale. MIDDLE: chert siltstone andcommonTHICKNESS: gray near the base of the medium- to coarse-grained sandstone. UPPER: brown, medium- to coarse-grained formation. THICKNESS: approximately 2400 sandstone, lower portion fossiliferous. THICKNESS: 3500 to 4100 feet. feet. MINIMAL, SLOW MOVEMENT AND DISPERSAL OF GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS
PCBs
PCBs PCBs begin to infiltrate soil
Conocoheague Formation
MODERATE MOVEMENT OF GROUNDWATER AND Edinburg Rockdale Run will CONTAMINANTS Formation
Formation
redevelopment
Conocoheague Formation
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happen? LOWER: fine-grained dolomite, fine-grained MOVEMENT OF laminated limestone and dolomitic limestone, MODERATE GROUNDWATER AND coarse-grained sandstone; beds of flat-pebble CONTAMINANTS LOWER: fine-grained dolomite, fine-grained conglomerate in dolomite. UPPER: fine-grained, fine-grained, laminated dolomitic limestone laminated limestone and dolomitic limestone, fine-grained aphanic limestone with shale and dolomite with mottled beds; thin lenses coarse-grained sandstone; beds of flat-pebble partings, pyrite, and medium- fine- to of gray chert common nearlimestone, the base of the conglomerate in dolomite. UPPER: fine-grained, laminted dolomitic and laminted coarse -grained, nodular limestone withlimestone, formation. THICKNESS: approximately 2400 limestone, dolomitic limestone, and thin shale partings. Fossiliferous. feet. with flat-pebble conglomerate beds. THICKNESS: 425 todolomite 500 feet. with flat-pebble conglomerate beds. dolomite includes erosional, surface-bound packages of limestone and dolomite. includes erosional, surface-bound packages ofcalcarenite, THICKNESS: approximately 2300 feet. calcarenite, limestone and dolomite. THICKNESS: approximately 2300 feet. MODERATE, SLOW MOVEMENT MODERATE MOVEMENT OF AND DISPERSAL OF soccer fields GROUNDWATER AND GROUNDWATER AND open to publicCONTAMINANTS CONTAMINANTS fine-grained fossiliferous limestone,
waste lagoons
ating at its height, employing 4500 people and producing large quantites of nt military contracts. The local economy is thriving. Levels of contamination are
geologic condition
IN 1982, CARBON DISULFIDE WAS DISCOVERED in residential wells in Front Royal. CS2 had seeped CS into soil, leached into the bedrock and migrated with the aquifer under the Shenandoah River CS the 2 2 to reach the wells on the opposite side. This chemical was present as a result of years of emptying textile dyes and other waste chemicals into lagoons by the AvTex textile manufacturing facility. carbon disulfide is extracted and monitored
flood plain
ATER AND ANTS MOVE RAPIDLY ERSE EASILY
d sand, silt, and clay with gments of quartzite and CKNESS: highly variable
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MINIMAL, SLOW MOVEMENT AND DISPERSAL OF GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS
LOWER: very fine-grained, very thin to thin argillaceous limestone with interbedded calcareous shale. MIDDLE: siltstone and medium- to coarse-grained sandstone. UPPER: brown, medium- to coarse-grained sandstone, lower portion fossiliferous. THICKNESS: 3500 to 4100 feet.
GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS MOVE RAPIDLY AND DISPERSE EASILY rounded, unsorted, pebbles to boulders of sandstone, quartzite and conglomerate in a matrix of sand, silt and clay size. THICKNESS: variable
carbon disulfide
Edinburg Formation
MODERATE, SLOW MOVEMENT AND DISPERSAL OF GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS fine-grained aphanic limestone with shale partings, pyrite, and medium- fine- to coarse -grained, nodular limestone with thin shale partings. Fossiliferous. THICKNESS: 425 to 500 feet.
Rockdale Run Formation
Conocoheague Formation
MODERATE MOVEMENT OF GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS
MODERATE MOVEMENT OF GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS
fine-grained fossiliferous limestone, fine-grained, laminated dolomitic limestone and dolomite with mottled beds; thin lenses of gray chert common near the base of the formation. THICKNESS: approximately 2400 feet.
LOWER: fine-grained dolomite, fine-grained laminated limestone and dolomitic limestone, coarse-grained sandstone; beds of flat-pebble conglomerate in dolomite. UPPER: fine-grained, laminted limestone, dolomitic limestone, and dolomite with flat-pebble conglomerate beds. includes erosional, surface-bound packages of calcarenite, limestone and dolomite. THICKNESS: approximately 2300 feet.
1982
plume
Avtex textile manufactuing facility and property, Front Royal, VA
1982 1982
sales decline rapidly in 1970s and 1980s
CS 2 CS 2 CS 2
employee dies from overexpsure to carbon disulfide and hydrogen sulfide
fines and lawsuits ensue due to health and environmental issues
workforce reduced to only 400 employees
carbon disulfide emissions create pervasive yellow cloud
Pb CS 2 carbon disulfide plume enters residential wells
As
CS 2
flood plain GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS MOVE RAPIDLY AND DISPERSE EASILY unconsolidated sand, silt, and clay with pebble-size fragments of quartzite and sandstone. THICKNESS: highly variable
CS 2CS 2
carbon disulfide plume moves under Shenandoah River
Martinsburg formation MINIMAL, SLOW MOVEMENT AND DISPERSAL OF GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS LOWER: very fine-grained, very thin to thin argillaceous limestone with interbedded calcareous shale. MIDDLE: siltstone and medium- to coarse-grained sandstone. UPPER: brown, medium- to coarse-grained sandstone, lower portion fossiliferous. THICKNESS: 3500 to 4100 feet.
As
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PCBs
PCBsPCBs
PCBs infiltrate soil
PCBs
terrace deposits GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS MOVE RAPIDLY AND DISPERSE EASILY rounded, unsorted, pebbles to boulders of sandstone, quartzite and conglomerate in a matrix of sand, silt and clay size. THICKNESS: variable
Edinburg Formation MODERATE, SLOW MOVEMENT AND DISPERSAL OF GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS fine-grained aphanic limestone with shale partings, pyrite, and medium- fine- to coarse -grained, nodular limestone with thin shale partings. Fossiliferous. THICKNESS: 425 to 500 feet.
Rockdale Run Formation
Conocoheague Formation
MODERATE MOVEMENT OF GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS
MODERATE MOVEMENT OF GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANTS
fine-grained fossiliferous limestone, fine-grained, laminated dolomitic limestone and dolomite with mottled beds; thin lenses of gray chert common near the base of the formation. THICKNESS: approximately 2400 feet.
LOWER: fine-grained dolomite, fine-grained laminated limestone and dolomitic limestone, coarse-grained sandstone; beds of flat-pebble conglomerate in dolomite. UPPER: fine-grained, laminted limestone, dolomitic limestone, and dolomite with flat-pebble conglomerate beds. includes erosional, surface-bound packages of calcarenite, limestone and dolomite. THICKNESS: approximately 2300 feet.
IN 1982, CARBON DISULFIDE WAS DISCOVERED in residential wells in Front Royal. CS2 had
seeped into the soil, leached into the bedrock and migrated with the aquifer under the Shenandoah River to reach the wells on the opposite side. This chemical was present as a result of years of emptying textile dyes and other waste chemicals into lagoons by the AvTex textile manufacturing facility.
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collaborative research | Trans-Alaska Pipeline + Arctic oil fields advisor: Leena Cho | research partner: Rachelle Trahan | fall 2013
the arctic: PRUDHOE BAY The Arctic is a region of flux, not only in terms of climate change, melting ice, and shrinking habitats, but also regarding the transient nature of human habitation. Only within recent history, have we established permanent urban centers in the region. Often spurred by a local abundance of natural resources, many Arctic cities developed solely to support resource extraction. Located at the northernmost point of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Prudhoe Bay represents this condition. Since the discovery of oil in the area in the late 1960s, Prudhoe Bay’s core population has been comprised mostly of a transient workforce. These workers live and work on-site in periods that last anywhere from one week to a few months and then return home for an equal amount of time.
Iultin Prospect Creek Barrow Prudhoe Bay
North Alaska
Batagay Nizneyansk
Sverdrup Basin
This body of work strives to catalogue and map the dynamic regional network of transportation and infrastructure, provide a spatial representation of the oil industry, Arctic environment and workers’ experience, and provide a framework to inform future design and development in Prudhoe Bay and other Arctic cities. The compilation and visualization of this information is crucial for championing future research, especially in design fields, because current data about the Arctic is often limited, scattered, lacks visual representation and excludes human experience.
Western Siberia Norilsk Dudinka
Pyramiden
ARCTIC INDUSTRY inhabited city abandoned city
Halmer-U Promyshelnnyy Vorkuta
Barents Sea
mining port timber construction
Legend
oil + gas production oil + gas exploration
This collaborative research was presented at the Council for Educators in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design Research Association conferences and UVA’s Arctic Symposium.
Anderma
Igarka
Kirkenes Murmansk Nickel Koashva Apatity Kirovsk
500 km
exploratory drilling
300 mi
oil + gas zones worker migration existing pipelines proposed pipelines existing shipping routes proposed shipping routes decline: accident / disaster decline: industry no longer profitable decline: governmentforced eviction decline: project complete
Cold Warm
Arctic oil and gas industry Snow Geese
migrate up to 1,200 miles
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Carabou Central Arctic Herd
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Individual caribou may travel more than 3000 miles during their yearly movements.
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Deciduous shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 3 m (9ft). It is in flower from Apr to May.
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ecological and industrial cycles in Prudhoe Bay
ARCTIC OCEAN off-shore lease fields
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Brooks Range Anaktuvuk Pass
Arctic Village
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Wiseman
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Stevens Village
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Fairbanks
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PS 8
Nenana
Alaska Railroad
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Healy
Delta Jet Dot Lake
PS 10
Kashwitna
Talkeetna
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Copper Center Houston
Wasilla
Sutton
Palmer
Anchorage Sterling
Kenai
Whittier
Atigun
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Prospect Creek
Chitina
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McCarthy
Valdez Chugah Range
547,866 800.302 barrels = 23,010,372 miles gallons per day
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Soldotna
Toolik Galbraith
Coldfoot
Glennallen
Big Lake
Happy Valley
Dietrich
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Fox North Pole
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Livengood
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PS 5
Yukon River
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pipeline
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Livengood
PS 7
Wainwright
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Homer
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Sourdough
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Trans Alaska Pipeline (TAPS): signficant geologic and infrastructural features
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the arctic: PYRAMIDEN
independent study | abandoned Arctic mining town, frozen core dam advisor: Leena Cho | fall 2013
Pyramiden, a Soviet-era coal-mining town on the Svalbard archipelago in the high Arctic, was once a bustling town of more than a thousand people with a school, hospital, theatre, and even a gymnasium with a heated swimming pool. Operated by the state-owned Russian company, Arctikugol Trust, the town was abandoned in January 1998 when mining operations were no longer sustainable. While the area remained a ghost town for over a decade, tourists, artists and others have begun to visit and re-inhabit the town. Pyramiden provides an opportunity to reimagine a ghost town as an incubator where artists, designers, scientists, tourists and other enthusiasts come together to draw inspiration from the Arctic landscape. If the town is to be maintained as a destination, the failing dike that once prevented glacial river water from flooding the western edge must be repaired or replaced. Drawing from passive frozen core dam technology, a terraced frozen core dike could be constructed, preventing flooding while extending the town’s central axis and providing a public amenity and tourist attraction. The heat extracted from the dike’s core using thermosyphons could be used to heat dwellings that could be assembled on top of the terraces using retrofitted shipping containers.
frozen core dam using thermosyphons
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500 m 1500 ft
Pyramiden topographic + hydrologic context: 2014
Pyramiden: 1910
Pyramiden with frozen core dike to prevent flooding
Pyramiden: 1960
Pyramiden: 2014 (flooding)
heat from thermosyhons on dike harnessed for use
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collaborative research | study of significant designed landscapes in Virginia supervisors: Beth Meyer + Courtney Spearman | summer 2013
WHAT’S OUT THERE VIRGINIA A collaborative research initiative in partnership with The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) and Virginia Tech, What’s Out There Virginia is part of TCLF’s What’s Out There program. With the support of an NEA grant, more than 100 significant designed landscapes throughout Virginia were researched, documented and added to TCLF’s What’s Out There database. Each entry includes a synopsis of important chronology, a description of the spatial organization and significant features of the site, accompanied by photographs. This research focused especially on the landscapes in the Richmond area and culminated with a What’s Out There Weekend event, which included public tours of selected landscapes in and around the city. In addition to well-known designed landscapes such as Capitol Square and Hollywood Cemetery, the initiative sought to explore a wide range of projects including vernacular rural sites important African American landscapes. Virginia’s history is a narrative with many voices, and this research offered a unique opportunity to examine a rich collective past, striving to further cultural landscape research and insight into landscape design, management and preservation throughout the state.
Richmond, VA skyline + James River 30 Winchester
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27 Natural Bridge 28 Kanawha Plaza (Zion & Breen) 29 Carter’s Grove
Interstate Highway Local Highway
LOST LANDSCAPES
Staunton
30 John Handley High School Campus (John Charles Olmsted) 31 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Sculpture Garden (Lawrence Halprin)
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Charlottesville
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Roanoke
Lynchburg
20 Richmond 16 31 13 17 21 14 1822 15 19 28 23 Williamsburg 24 25 29 26
Wytheville
Norfolk Virginia Beach
Bristol Danville
FEATURED LANDSCAPES
1 Leesburg Court Square 2 McMillan Plan (Charles W. Eliot II, John Charles Olmsted, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.) 3 George Washington Memorial Parkway (Gilmore Clarke, Ben C. Howland, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Wilbur H. Simonson) 4 Hollin Hills (Charles M. Goodman, Daniel Urban Kiley, Eric Paepcke, Lou Bernard Voigt) 5 Warrenton Court Square
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6 University of Virginia (Ralph Griswold, Alden Hopkins, Thomas Jefferson, Warren H. Manning, Donald H. Parker) 7 Charlottesville Mall (Lawrence Halprin) 8 Morven (Annette Hoyt Flanders) 9 Blue Ridge Parkway (Stanley Abbott) 10 Blue Ridge Tunnel (Claudius Crozet) 11 Douthat State Park 12 Ann Spencer Garden 13 Windsor Farms (Charles F. Gillette, John Nolen)
14 Agecroft Hall (Charles F. Gillette) 15 Hollywood Cemetery (John Notman) 16 University of Richmond (Charles F. Gillette, Warren H. Manning) 17 Monument Avenue 18 Capitol Square (Maximilian Godefroy, John Notman) 19 Chimborazo Park (Wilfred E. Cutshaw) 20 Altria/Reynolds Headquarters (Charles F. Gillette) 21 Barton Heights Cemetery
22 Colgate Darden Memorial Gardens (Meade Palmer) 23 Shirley Plantation 24 Colonial Williamsburg (Alden Hopkins, Donald H. Parker, Arthur Shurcliff) 25 Jamestown Exposition (Warren H. Manning) 26 Hampton University (Warren H. Manning)
sampling of designed landscapes throughout VA
Architects & Engineers
Influential Designers in Virginia
Cornell University George Washington Memorial Parkway
Thomas Jefferson
Biltmore Asheville, NC
Frederick Law Olmsted
Harvard College
McMillan Plan Washington, DC
1822 - 1903
1743 - 1856
Gilmore Clarke
Wilbur H. Simonson
1892 - 1982
1897 - 1989
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Maximilian Godefroy
Warren H. Manning
1765 - 1838
1860 - 1938
Ellen Biddle Shipman 1869 - 1950
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. Charles W. Eliot II
John Charles Olmsted
Garden Club of America Rome Prize
1899 - 1993
1870 - 1957
1852 - 1920
Olmsted Brothers
Ralph Griswold
Stanley Abbott
1894 - 1981
1908 - 1975
Claudius Crozet 1789 - 1864
Charles F. Gillette
University of Virginia
1886 - 1969
Ben Howland 1923 - 1983
John Notman 1810 - 1865
Capitol Square
Dan Kiley
1912 - 2004
John Nolen
Colonial Williamsburg
University of Richmond
1869 - 1937
1916 - 2001
Wilfred E. Cutshaw 1838 - 1907
1870 - 1957
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Meade Palmer Virginia Military Institute
Arthur A. Shurcliff
Umberto Innocenti 1895 - 1968
1921 - 2000
Lawrence Halprin 1916 - 2009
Annette Hoyt Flanders
Alden Hopkins Donald H. Parker
1900 - 2000
Vitale, Brinckerhoff & Geiffert
1887 - 1946
Robert Zion
Richard Webel
1905 - 1960
1922 - 1998
Innocenti & Webel
All images courtesy of University of Virgina Press.
landscape architects, architects and engineers who played a significant role in shaping Virginia’s designed landscapes
Barton Heights Cemetery, Richmond, VA
Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA
Capitol Square, Richmond, VA
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collaborative research | visualization of neighborhood evolution and characteristics supervisor: Beth Meyer | summer 2015
mapping pollocks branch Cities are often thought of in terms of streets, blocks, or political boundaries. But another way to understand them is through the lens of watersheds and urban landscape terrain. The cultural landscape perspective reveals the way that the places, neighborhoods, and landscapes around us reflect the past, and serve as the meaningful composition for our collective existence. Stretching from the Courthouse on the north to Jordan Park on the south, the POLLOCKS BRANCH watershed covers more than 400 acres across several distinct neighborhoods in Charlottesville. However, this area is rarely recognized as a unified cultural landscape. The city’s 2013 Strategic Investment Area, a master plan created by a team of consultants to guide future development, occupies roughly the same area as the Pollocks Branch watershed. These drawings are part of a larger initiative to conceptualize the watershed as a cultural landscape, focusing on the creek as a unifying feature, highlighting the relationship between landscape terrain, historic neighborhoods, and watershed dynamics. Pr
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SKILLS Detail design | seating
sketches, model and CAD drawings instructor: Brian Osborn | spring 2013
planting plan | pastiche garden
composite drawings: groundcover, shrub layer, understory, canopy instructors: Julie Bargmann + Cole Burrell | spring 2015
site reading | rivanna River
understanding site through sketching and collaboration studio critic: Teresa Gali-Izard | spring 2013
diagrams | furniture production
decoding manufacturing process, site and remediation instructor: Julie Osborn | spring 2014
diagrams | constitution gardens
from schematic design report, PWP Landscape Architecture supervisors: Adam Greenspan + Darrell Jones | summer 2014
HAND DRAWING | PLANTED FORM
studies of plant species + spatial organization instructors: Julie Bargmann + Teresa Gali-Izard | 2013 - 2014
HAND DRAWING | SITE + DETAILS
studies of site organization, spatial configuration + materials instructor: Brian Osborn | 2015
ART INSTALLATION | LENOIR
video installation using interview footage of furniture workers studio critics: Jody Servon, Neva Specht, Jim Toub | spring 2008 livingston
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DETAIL DESIGN | seating
construction methods + details | detail study of form, materials and assembly instructor: Brian Osborn | spring 2013
This seating proposition includes a study of materials, dimensions, and assembly methods that are meant enhance the quality of public space adjacent to UVA’s School of Architecture. The bench would provide a comfortable occupiable space and serve as a visual focal point in a barren plaza currently lacking seating and other spatially defining features. The selected materials are meant to be durable yet refined and include a subtly coated steel frame and hardware and a locally sourced rot-resistant hardwood, such as black locust. The bench attaches to an existing concrete retaining wall and is shaded by two mature oak trees.
initial concept sketches 1. existing concrete wall
2. attach steel brackets
3. add steel frame
4. place wooden slats
5. bench complete
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PLANTING PLAN | pastiche garden
planted form | design development planting plan instructors: Julie Bargmann + Cole Burrell | spring 2015
Working through sequential layers from the ground up, the configuration of each garden room is derived from Tullio Pericoli’s abstract landscape paintings. Like the patchwork of textures depicted in his paintings, each room is a distinct patch within a larger matrix. The rooms are defined by moisture regimes and the existing plant matrix and are layered with planting that offers contrasting textures and varied seasonal interest. Each room includes a contrasting, surprising element, such as the saucer magnolias with their spreading form and voluptuous blooms, framing the edge of the mesic field.
Celastrus orbiculatus Asian bittersweet Ascelpias syriaca common milkweed Actinomeris alternifolia wingstem
Carex sp. sedge Typha sp. cattail
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus coralberry
Juncus effusus common rush Sambucus canadensis elderberry Rhus glabra smooth sumac
Mentha arvensis field mint Lespedeza cuneata milk vetch
existing vegetation survey in aquic meadow + mesic field MESIC woodland TREES:
Prunus avium wild cherry Prunus x yedoensis yoshino cherry
understory: Hamamelis japonica Japanese witch-hazel Hamamelis virginiana witch-hazel
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shrubs: Buxus microphylla Japanese boxwood
groundcover: Dryopteris erythrosora autumn fern Helleborus x hybridus garden hybrid hellebore Poa pretensis Kentucky bluegrass
aquic meadow
Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’ dragon’s claw willow
MESIC FIELD
Nyssa sylvatica black gum Platanus x acerifolia ‘Bloodgood’ London planetree Salix babylonica weeping willow
sedges + Rushes + forbs:
Magnolia x soulangeana saucer magnolia
TREES:
understory: Salix alba subsp. vitellina ‘Britzensis’ coral bark willow
Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’ evergold sedge Juncus ensifolius dwarf rush Juncus inflexus ‘Blue Arrows’ hard rush ‘blue arrows’ Lobelia cardinalis cardinal flower
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understory: Rhus typhina staghorn sumac
shrubs: Cornus sericea ‘Flaviramea’ yellow twig dogwood Salix purpurea ‘Nana’ purple willow
grasses + forbs: Calamagrostis brachytricha reed grass Molinia caerulea purple moor grass Symphyotrichum dumosum bushy aster
groundcover: Lolium perenne perennial rye grass
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SITE READING | the Rivanna
studio site analysis through observation | site observation methods studio critic: Teresa Gali-Izard | spring 2013
Through frequent visits to the Rivanna River, landscape process was understood through observation, recording, and drawing ephemeral conditions. Each person in the studio focused on a different condition, such as debris deposition or sound. These observations were combined in a collaborative, illustrative AutoCAD drawing meant to represent the experience of being a part of the river. This process instilled the importance of close site reading as well as collaborative working methods.
characterizing the river: typical condition
collective studio AutoCAD drawing
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characterizing the river: flood condition
site observations: places materials collect + material deposition due to changing water levels
collective studio site observations
site observations: places materials collect + material deposition due to changing water levels livingston
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DIAGRAMS | furniture production
regenerative technologies | industrial anatomy and remediation menu instructor: Julie Bargmann | spring 2014
Even in a post-industrial state, Lenoir, North Carolina is inseparable from its identity as a furniture-manufacturing mecca. However, in order to reimagine the town and the excess of underutilized, post-industrial sites, current site conditions must be considered in terms of their lineage, including residual contamination. These diagrams aim to decode and illustrate remnants of the furniture manufacturing process and some of the ways in which the landscape might be regenerated to become productive and accessible. Using Sanborn Fire Insurance maps and EPA data about furniture manufacturing, Singer Plant 1 in Lenoir can be understood in terms of its historic use, residual contamination, and opportunities for Interior Wood Furniture Production: access and reuse. Process + Byproducts + Potential Pollutants
Lenoir, NC Acetone
Natural Rosin situating
Ammonia
Raw Lumber
Dry Kilns
Sawing
Bending
Planing
Heat
Sawdust + Wood Chips
Boiler
Trichloroethane
Iron Oxides
Sodium Bisulfate
Spent Bleach
Sodium Hyposulfite
KEY Production Steps
Staining/ Painting
Bleaching
Sodium Perborate Potassium Permanganate
Washcoating
Lead Chromate
Oxalic Acid
Sodium Hypochlorite
Rubbing
Toluene
Wood + Finishing Material Particulates
Tripoli
Polishing
Melamines
Sawdust + Wood Particulates
Xylene
Finish Coating Xylene
Spent Sealant/Coating
Nitrocellulose lacquers
Cleaning
Sanding
Methyl Isobutyl Ketone
Sealing
Filling
Polyurethane
Spent Stain/Paint
Gluing
Phenolics
Spent Solvents
Ureas Hydrogen Peroxide
Derosination
Sanding
Polyvinyl Resin Emulsions
Toluene
Carbon Monoxide
Particulate Matter
Boiler Ash
Drying
Veneer Application
Lenoir
Diatomaceous Earth
Solvent Emissions
Petroleum-based oils
Pumice
Shipment
Byproducts
Contaminants
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Methanol
Acetone
Alcohols
Finished Product industrial anatomy of furniture production: process + byproducts + contaminants
Toluene
Mineral Spirits
Methylene Chloride
Wood + Finishing Material Particulates Polyurethane
Toluene
Lead Chromate
Spent Stain/Paint
KENT-COFFEY FURNITURE CO.
KENT-COFFEY FURNITURE CO.
Machining Finishing Shipping
Spent Sealant/Coating
Nitrocellulose lacquers
Xylene
Petroleum-based oils
Tripoli
Machining Finishing Shipping
Iron Oxides
Diatomaceous Earth
Solvent Emissions Pumice
Sawdust + Wood Chips
Show Room
Ammonia Acetone
Dry Kilns
Office
PreAssembly
Assembly
Circular process
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Toluene Wood + Finishing Material Particulates
Iron Oxides
Nitrocellulose lacquers
Spent Stain/Paint
Polyurethane Lead Chromate
Dry Kilns Machining
Spent Sealant/Coating
PreAssembly
Tripoli Petroleum-based oils
Diatomaceous Earth
LENOIR FURNITURE CO.
Pumice
Sodium Bisulfate
Spent Bleach
Sodium Perborate
Oxalic Acid
CONTAMINANT SPREAD
Machining
Carbon Monoxide
Office Show Room
Potassium Permanganate
Dry Kilns
soil
Sawdust + Wood Chips
Coating
Finishing
Hydrogen Peroxide
Sodium Hypochlorite
Particulate Matter
Assembly
Sawdust + Wood Particulates
Sawdust + Wood Chips
Xylene
Boiler Ash
Shipping
Phenolics Xylene Ureas
Sodium Hyposulfite
Machining
Finishing
Solvent Emissions
Trichloroethane
Melamines
Methyl Isobutyl Ketone
Coating
Sawdust + Wood Particulates
Machining
Finishing
PreAssembly
Carbon Monoxide
Assembly
Coating
Polyvinyl Resin Emulsions
Spent Solvents
Particulate Matter
Dry Kilns
Dispersed process
Natural Rosin
Toluene
Boiler Ash
Sawdust + Wood Particulates
Linear process
Ammonia Acetone
PreAssembly
Natural Rosin Toluene Polyvinyl Resin Emulsions Trichloroethane
Spent Solvents
Shipping
Assembly
Finishing
Sawdust + Wood Particulates Melamines
Methyl Isobutyl Ketone
Coating
Phenolics
Xylene Ureas
Hydrogen Peroxide
Sodium Hyposulfite
LENOIR FURNITURE CO.
Potassium Permanganate
Spent Stain/Paint
Spent Bleach
Sodium Perborate
Oxalic Acid
Iron Oxides
Diatomaceous Earth
Spent Sealant/Coating
Nitrocellulose lacquers
Sodium Bisulfate
Wood + Finishing Material Particulates
Xylene Toluene
Solvent Emissions
Polyurethane
water
Tripoli
air
Petroleum-based oils Pumice Lead Chromate
structure
Sodium Hypochlorite
process locations
contaminant + waste locations phytovolatilization
monitoring point
injection well
low-rate air injection
blower
ground surface
application of oxygen releasing compound
excavation + backfill
monitoring wells
O2
water table
remediation option: bioventing
injected oxygen realeasing compounds
filtering stocks containing oxygen releasing compounds
contaminated soil
air flow
phytodegradation
O2
O2
O2 O2
O2
groundwater and plume flow
O2
O2 O2
O2
remediation option: bioremediation
phytostabilization
phytoextraction
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DIAGRAMS | Constitution Gardens
internship, PWP Landscape Architecture | schematic design report supervisors: Adam Greenspan, Darrell Jones | summer 2014
GATHERING SPACES
Working collaboratively with other interns at staff at PWP, these diagrams were produced for the schematic design report for Constitution Gardens on the National Mall. While the proposition maintains some of the original plan, PWP’s approach addresses the degraded site condition and introduces additional pathways, a layered planting strategy, and structural elements to support new program. The plan diagrams illustrate circulation, gathering and other programmatic elements on site. The oblique aerials situate Constitution Gardens within a larger context, demonstrating a connection to water, energy, and NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAINTENANCE ACCESS ecological networks.
ENTRY PLAZA
KNOLL
EVENT TERRACE
PIER
AMPHITHEATER
Informal Gathering
Formal Gathering
Limit of Work
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Proposed NPS Vehicle Accessible Route
Curb Cut
Limit of Work
LINCOLN MEMORIAL REFLECTING POOL
Existing NPS Vehicle Accessible Route to Remain
WWII MEMORIAL
0’ 50’ 150’
GEOTHERMAL GENERATORS
ECONOMIC GENERATORS
300’
600’
plan diagrams: access + gathering PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION LEGEND Proposed Accessible Route Existing Pedestrian Path Elevator Limit of Work
COOLED
Energy Use
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Geothermal Loops
Pavilion/Plaza
Limit of Work
Water Ring
geothermal generators
Amphitheater Limit of Work
economic generators
HABITAT
WASTEWATER
RECLAIMED WATER USED FOR IRRIGATION
Wetland Animal Habitat
Human Habitat
Wastewater Flow
Wastewater Collection
Upland Animal Habitat
Limit of Work
Irrigation
Supply Treatment
habitat
STORMWATER
Limit of Work
wastewater
WATER REUSE DIAGRAM
LAKE OVERFLOW
Water Flow
Underground Cistern
Water Collection
Limit of Work
stormwater
Stormwater Flow
Wetland Filter Limit of Work
water reuse
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HAND DRAWING | planted form
planted form | site + species observation, composite techniques instructors: Julie Bargmann, Teresa Gali-Izard | spring 2014-15
These studies represent a range of observations through drawing. From individual species to precedent projects, these drawings demonstrate an understanding of individual plants and the use of plant materials. Individual species studies serve as the foundation to inform the configuration of composite drawings and site design techniques. Using Photoshop techniques to layer hand-drawn elements helps to visualize and understand the species spatial and textural qualities and how they relate to one another.
Verbascum thapsus, mullein
small scale observation: meadow mix
Viola glabella, stream violet
Campbell Hall planting bed
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composite drawing of winter habit in snow
HAND DRAWING | site + details
construction methods + grading | precedent studies instructor: Brian Osborn | spring 2013
UVA’s Grounds and the City of Charlottesville offer excellent landscape architecture case studies, close by and easily accessible. These include the Freedom of Speech Wall in downtown by Pete O’Shea and Robert Winstead, and The Dell at UVA by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects. These studies were recorded on-site through the process of drawing plans, sections, perspectives and details. Each project was dissected and understood in terms of its organization, spatial formation, materials and construction.
precedent study: Freedom of Speech Wall, downtown Charlottesville
precedent study: The Dell, University of Virginia livingston
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ART INSTALLATION | Lenoir, NC
BFA honors thesis exhibition | skills: photography, video, carpentry, exhibition installation studio critics: Jody Servon, Neva Specht, Jim Toub | spring 2008
LENOIR: FORMER FURNITURE CAPITAL OF THE SOUTH is a video installation that premiered in 2008 at the former Bernhardt -Seagle hardware store in downtown Lenoir. The two-day event presented looping footage from interviews conducted with four Lenoir residents who had worked in the furniture industry.Tales of past prosperity were countered by a sense of melancholy for what has been lost since the factories closed. The installation presented a personal narrative of those who had experienced the economic and social impacts of corporate globalization first hand. These individuals collectively represent thousands of people who lost their jobs within a relatively short period of time. In less than a decade Lenoir was transformed from the ‘Furniture Capital of the South’ to a place known for high unemployment and increasing poverty.
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abandoned Singer Furniture Plant I, 2007
Lenoir: Former Furniture Capital of the South video installation livingston
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JENNIFER LIVINGSTON jll8ge@virginia.edu | 434.282.8386
Beth Meyer Merill D. Peterson Professor of Landscape Architecture and Dean of the University of Virginia School of Architecture office | cell: 434.924.7019 | 434.242.9565 email: ekm7a@virginia.edu
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EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued)
UNIVERSITY of VIRGINIA SCHOOL of ARCHITECTURE• Charlottesville, VA Master of Landscape Architecture • 2012 - 2015 ASLA Student Merit Award
ASHEVILLE DESIGN CENTER • Asheville, NC Grant Writing and Administrative Assistance Volunteer • 2011 Researched funding opportunities • Drafted an NEA grant to fund a public art and design project
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY• Boone, NC Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art, Sculpture & Bachelor of Science in Art Management • 2004 - 2008 Summa Cum Laude, University and Departmental Honors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RIOS CLEMENTI HALE STUDIOS • Los Angeles, CA Design Intern • January 2015 Assisted with site plan revisions, diagrams and paving patterns for Christ Church Cathedral in Orange County • Researched bird house precedents and statistics for an Audubon Society benefit exhibition PWP LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE • Berkeley, CA Design Intern • Summer 2014 Worked on schematic drawings for Constitution Gardens on the National Mall • Assisted with contextual drawings for projects in Miami, Santa Monica and at Harvard University • Supported marketing initiatives • Organized firm’s video archive MIA LEHRER + ASSOCIATES • Los Angeles, CA Design Intern • January 2014 Assisted with Rancho Cienega Park competition by making models and illustrative drawings CABARRUS ARTS COUNCIL • Concord, NC Administrative Assistant • 2011-2012 Supported public art projects with the City of Concord • Prepared marketing portfolios for corporate fundraising • Developed layout and compiled statistics for organization’s strategic plan
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART • Los Angeles, CA Gallery Attendant • 2010 Addressed patrons’ questions and concerns • Provided security for assigned gallery space VOLUNTEER CENTER of SOUTHERN NEVADA • Las Vegas, NV AmeriCorps VISTA Program Coordinator • 2009 - 2010 (AmeriCorps VISTA) Managed training, support and data collection for an AmeriCorps VISTA program • Helped organize numerous events for more than 200 volunteers • Updated website content and graphics MAINE COLLEGE of ART • Portland, ME Service Learning and Community Engagement Coordinator • 2008 - 2009 (AmeriCorps VISTA) Helped coordinate service learning courses • Developed curriculum-based community engagement projects • Archived and digitized 20 years of service learning material TURCHIN CENTER for the VISUAL ARTS • Boone, NC Curatorial and Exhibitions Assistant • 2005 - 2008 Served as Interim Curator for the Catwalk Community Gallery • Assisted with planning and installing more than 30 exhibitions • Aided permanent collection maintenance leigh yawkey woodson art museum • Wausau, WI Curatorial Intern • Summer 2006 (Windgate Museum Internship Fellowship) Supported and documented summer artist residency program and exhibition • Authored press releases, articles, and grant reports
reference:
Julie Bargmann Associate Professor and Chair of the University of Virginia Department of Landscape Architecture | Founder + Principal, Dirt Studio office | cell: 434.924.6465 | 917.972.9482 email: jlb6t@virginia.edu
reference: Julia Monteith Senior Land Use Planner, University of Virginia Office of the Architect office: 434.982.2757 email: jm8qc@virginia.edu
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
HONORS + ACTIVITIES
UNIVERSITY of VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE • Charlottesville, VA Research Assistant, Center for Cultural Landscapes: Beth Meyer • Summer 2015 Researching and mapping the Pollock’s Branch neighborhood and the Morven estate • Creating a 3D model of Morven for UVA’s Office of the Architect Teaching Assistant: Julie Bargmann, EcoTech IV: Regenerative Technologies • Spring 2015 Presented lectures, assistedwith related research and student critiques, class support and coordination Teaching Assistant: Beth Meyer, Theories of Modern Landscape Architecture • Fall 2014 Lead a weekly discussion section, helped students with course material, graded assignments
RAVEN SOCIETY • Member • 2014 - present
Teaching Assistant: Michael Lee, History of Landscape Architecture • Spring 2013 Compiled resources and assisted students with representation, writing and presentation skills Department Assistant: Nancy Takahashi • Fall 2012 Worked with department chair to update information on the School of Architecture website
UNIVERSITY of VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION • Charlottesville, VA Research Assistant, What’s Out There Virginia: Beth Meyer + Courtney Spearman • June 2013 - 2014 Helped identify and document significant Virginia landscapes • Designed and authored a promotional booklet • Established a framework for a Cultural Landscape Atlas
PROFICIENCY PC & OSX: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop • ArcGIS • AutoCAD • Final Cut Pro • Grasshopper • MS Office • Processing • Rhino • SketchUp Pro • Vectorworks DIGITAL FABRICATION: 3D printer • CNC router • laser cutter ANALOGUE METHODS: casting • drafting • modeling • painting • photography • sketching • welding • woodworking
STUDENT ASSOCIATION of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS • Co-President • 2013 - 2014 UNIVERSITY of VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE • Kenneth R. Higgins Fellowship in Landscape Architecture • 2012 - 2015 MAINE COMMISSION for COMMUNITY SERVICE • state-wide photography competition winner • 2009 APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY • Prestigious Scholars Research Grant • 2008 APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY, DEPT. OF ART • Eva H. Burress Memorial Scholarship • 2007
CONFERENCES + EXHIBTIONS + PUBLICATIONS HUSKEY GRADUATE RESEARCH EXHIBITION • presenter • 2015 ASLA’s THE DIRT, • What is a Prison Garden? • 2015 ARCTIC STATES SYMPOSIUM • conferenence poster presentation • 2015 LUNCH9: IN EXCESS, VOLUME 14 • Pyramiden: Ghost Town to Boom Town? • 2014 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION • conferenence poster presentation • 2014 COUNCIL of EDUCATORS in LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE • conferenence poster presentation• 2014 ARCTIC DESIGN INITIATIVE • group exhibition • 2014 THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION • What’s Out There Virginia, text + photos • 2013 - 2014 TUFTS UNIVERSITY • Convergence Conference Food/Hunger/Justice/Art panel speaker • 2009
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“Public space increases our capacity to thrive.”
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--- Setha Low and Neil Smith, The Politics of Public Space