JENNIFER LIVINGSTON portfolio

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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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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)

1788

MIS S

ISS

IP PI

RI VE

1817

indigenous (proposed)

1835

water

1855

cultural + ecologoical significance

1863

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canals

1893

levees

1920 1949 2014

AUDUBON ZOO

CENTRAL CITY CYPRESS WOODLAND 0

4000

8000 16000 ft

constructed watershed: on-site water flow is used to generate new contours livingston

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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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32

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

1

Existing condition.

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Phase I: swale system + terraced ground.

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Phase II: terraced ground - land + building.

4

Phase III: terraced ground - land + building.

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terraced ground: land + building livingston

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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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1250

gallons

local reservoir studies: watershed + surface area + capacity

5000 feet

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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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50


312

372

earthen dam 2 lakes at 2 different elevations

relationships of lakes, paths + river livingston

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two lakes

+ a dam

2 lakes at 2 different elevations

public / private edges 22 |

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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

exploration of ground condition + structure + plant material 26 |

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visitor center amphitheater

seed bank structures: inhabitable space below grade livingston

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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

13.5” 13” 32.25”

5.75” 12”

12”

41”

29” 27”

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Garrett Hall McIntire Amphitheater Minor Hall McIntire Amphitheater

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McIntire Amphitheater

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Garrett Hall

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Minor Hall McIntire Amphitheater

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McCormick Road

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McIntire Amphitheater

Minor Hall McIntire Amphitheater

OPTION 3: Grand stair

terraced plaza

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McIntire Amphitheater Minor Hall McIntire Amphitheater

OPTION 4: terraced plaza initial testing of site design options livingston

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0 4 8 16 32 ft

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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

0 2

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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

regenerative + productive strategies in Baltimore’s Swann Park livingston


10 years of regenerative strategies livingston

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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

33

Cr

82

Pb Lead

0

29

Cu

Chromium

low

algae scrubber

landfarming

productive landscape

biofuel from cellulose

biofuel from bacteria + biomass

remediative + regenerative strategies menu livingston

700

1400 ft

contaminant risk

residual contamination in Port Covington

enhanced bioremediation

175 350

Copper

high


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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

proposed regenerative strategies for Port Covington livingston

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flexible framework

contamination testing + remediation grid strategy

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contamination testing plots

contaminated “hot spots�


82

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

33

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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2

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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

56

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

bioindicators | chemical contaminants | bioreceptors + remediation methods livingston

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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

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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

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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

bedrock

sources of groundwater contamination

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representation experiments that demonstrate the relationship between surface and subsurface

politics

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development community

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industry

environment

economy

surface subsurface

workers

development community

soil

industry

environment

economy

subsurface

contamination

hydrogeology

plumes

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geology

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

rn Railroad Norfolk Southe

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

nd Shena oah River

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

2015

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

evolution of surface + subsurface relationship at Avtex Martinsburg formation

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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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additional contaminants discovered including Pb + As

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

Temp High: 40 F

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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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200,750,000 bbl / yr

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ecological and industrial cycles in Prudhoe Bay


ARCTIC OCEAN off-shore lease fields

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Stevens Village

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Fairbanks

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PS 8

Nenana

Alaska Railroad

PS 9

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

Cordova

Soldotna

Toolik Galbraith

Coldfoot

Glennallen

Big Lake

Happy Valley

Dietrich

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ON-SITE HOUSING

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Deadhorse Franklin Bluffs

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Fox North Pole

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Livengood

Rampart

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PS 5

Yukon River

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Bettles

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pipeline

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Wainwright

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Homer

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Delta Junction

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Sourdough

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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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frozen core dike studies

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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AT-RISK LANDSCAPES

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Carbon Monoxide

Office Show Room

Potassium Permanganate

Dry Kilns

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Finishing

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Sawdust + Wood Chips

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Sodium Hyposulfite

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Finishing

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Trichloroethane

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Methyl Isobutyl Ketone

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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.

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KNOLL

EVENT TERRACE

PIER

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Formal Gathering

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Proposed NPS Vehicle Accessible Route

Curb Cut

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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

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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


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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

reference:

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



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