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Balanced Openess | Mc Neil Island Open Shorelines

JESSICA N. MICHALAK Master of Landscape Architecture Master of Urban Planning University of Washington, Class of 2014

JESSICA N. MICHALAK 617.852.1123

jess.michalak@gmail.com

TABL E OF CON TE N TS S E L E CTE D D E SIG N P R OJ E CTS Infrastructural Landscape Thesis Spring 2014 Great Lakes Region and Erie, PA Peri-Urban Agriculture Winter 2012, LARCH 503 with Ben Spencer Lima, Peru AD DITION AL WOR K SAMP L E S Balanced Openness Fall 2013, LARCH 507 with Ken Yocom McNeil Island, WA 2013 Hines Competition Winter 2013, Independent Minneapolis, MN Spreedux Park Spring 2012, ARCH 502 with Nicole Huber Berlin, Germany Urban Beach Fall 2011, LARCH 504 with Nancy Rottle Seattle, WA MLLW

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Landscape infrastructure is a multifunctional set of

Infrastructural Landscape: Strategies for Post-Industrial Reuse Project Location: Great Lakes Region & Erie, PA A Landscape Infrastructure approach is a uniquely flexible Theoretical position from which to approach the re-design of urban brownfield sites in the Great Lakes region. This thesis provides a decentralized approach that improves ecological and urban systems function while increasing and improving public space.

In a region poised for social and economic change, I see Landscape Infrastructure as the most appropriate Theoretical lens for catalyzing change through design. This approach is flexible and appropriate given tightening budgets and limited resources. As anthropogenic change continues, it becomes necessary to approach all projects as an opportunity to lessen the impact of urban systems on fixed resources.

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SYSTEMS, SERVICES, & FLOWS operating at multiple SCALES simulaneously.

A crucial tenant of this thesis is the belief that interdisciplinary thinking and design is necessary to create vibrant urban spaces. Applied interdisciplinary collaboration between designers, engineers, economists, and planners is needed to solve the problems facing modern infrastructure and urban design.

Ontario Minnesota

Quebec

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Michigan

New York

Pennsylvania Illinois

LAKE SUPERIOR

Indiana

AV E R AG E D E P T H: 4 8 3 f t .

M A X I M U M D E P T H: 1, 332 f t .

VO LU M E: 2,9 0 0 c ubic mil e s WAT E R SU R FAC E A R E A : 31,70 0 s q. mil e s

Ohio

LAKE MICHIGAN

AV E R AG E D E P T H: 279 f t .

M A X I M U M D E P T H: 9 25 f t .

VO LU M E: 1,18 0 c ubic mil e s WAT E R SU R FAC E A R E A : 2 2, 3 0 0 s q. mil e s

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AKE HURON

V E R AG E D E P T H: 195 f t .

M A X I M U M D E P T H: 75 0 f t .

O LU M E: 8 5 0 c ubic mil e s WAT E R SU R FAC E A R E A : 23, 0 0 0 s q. mil e s

LAKE ERIE

AV E R AG E D E P T H: 62 f t .

M A X I M U M D E P T H: 210 f t .

VO LU M E: 116 c ubic mil e s WAT E R SU R FAC E A R E A : 9,910 s q. mil e s

LAKE ONTARIO

AV E R AG E D E P T H: 28 3 f t .

M A X I M U M D E P T H: 8 02 f t .

VO LU M E: 393 c ubic mil e s WAT E R SU R FAC E A R E A : 7, 3 4 0 s q. mil e s

Studio Name

Utilizing landscape infrastructure to move from

monofunctional

to multifunctional

strategies to address regional issues at a local scale.

The shallowness of the lake, relative to the rest of the Great Lakes, is both an asset and a challenge.

The potential for capturing wind energy is one element that could be implemented in most of Lake Erie.

The majority of the lake, excluding the eastern basin, is less than 30 M. deep. The depth of the lake also compounds issues with sedimentation and nutrient runoff. Toxic algal blooms are increasingly being caused by excess nutrients coming primarily from human waste and agricultural runoff.

Lake Erie More than more than highest pe

has 871 miles of shoreline. n 20% of the shoreline is n 70% hardened. This is the ercentage in the Great Lakes.

After strategies are tested they can be deployed along the shores of Lake Erie to maximize impact.

Goals Maximize the regional assets while protecting the valuable regional resources.

Shifting from a resource extractive economy to a resource efficient economy.

Creating shared value in for all in the region, socially, ecologically, and economically.

Strategies Transition from coal power to wind power.

Harness algal growth potential for biofuels.

Focus on incubating a green manufacturing hub.

Use infrastructure to build social strength.

SITE FILL OVER TIME

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Left: Masterplan for site Above: Fill of the site over time

Proposed plaza space in multiplethe seasons.

Left: Masterplan for site Above: Fill of the site over time

Studio Name

Evolve

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60% of Lima’s population lives in informal settlements, or barriadas, ELISEO COLLAZOS is one of them.

Peri-Urban Agriculture: An incremental Evolution Project Location: Lima, Peru Winter 2012, LARCH 503 with Ben Spencer Team Project with Michael Ward Our design centers around the resourcefulness and determination of residents living in the informal community of Eliseo Collazos on the edge of Lima, Peru. The Proposal seeks to encourage small-scale food cultivation to help improve nutritional health and financial stability for the users. Where people currently have no means to grow food, our design begins with a single box that serves as a garden plot. Building soil quality, agricultural skills, and community from a single-bucket garden.

From that one box, the stairs street will evolve and grow into many growing plots. Increasing resources and minimizing the socioeconomic exploitation that they experience in the city.

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Harnessing the idea of an incremental approach with planter boxes to create productive infrastructure of community residents.

75% of the Peruvian population lives West of the Andes.

National Context: Peru

100% of Central Lima has access to piped water unlike the barriadas.

Regional Context: Lima

Our design seeks to break down the barrier between designer and community member through construction and utilization dependent on the skills, agency, and local knowledge of the residents of Eliseo Collazos.

Daily Life Rendering

Stair Street Rendering

Balanced Openness

Project Location: McNeil Island, WA Fall 2013, LARCH 507 with Ken Yocom Group Project

Final rendering of shorline design near proposed urban core on McNeil Island.

2013 Hines Competition: The Falls District Project Location: Minneapolis, MN Winter 2013, Interdisciplinary Competition Team Project

Section perspective of new development with streetscape, infrastructure, and public space proposals.

Spreedux Park Project Location: Berlin, Germany Spring 2012, ARCH 502 with Nicole Huber Individual Project

Concept Illustration of Ecological and Skating Track

Urban Beach Project Location: Seattle, WA Fall 2011, LARCH 504 with Nancy Rottle Individual Project

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Tidal Change Rhino Study: The abbreviations are as follows: Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), Mean Low Water (MLW), Mean Tide Level (MTL), Mean High Water (MHW), Mean Higher High Water (MHHW), Maximum Recorded Tide (MRT).