Landscape Architecture Portfolio by Kaylee Major

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Kaylee Major

I have always been interested in the environment and sustainability. I grew up in North Georgia and have always found the outdoors as an escape for the stressors of everyday life. I initially went to college seeking a degree in Environmental Science but soon realized I needed something more creative which drew me to Landscape Architecture. I wish to create Landscapes that not only offer people a retreat while being as minimally invasive to the surrounding ecosystem. Throughout my studies I have begun gravitating towards Urban Design and am interested in the redesign of cities to accomodate for the effects of Climate Change as it unfurls. I think it is important to determine and adapt to how our cities and spaces will function as our climate begins to change.

Education Univsersity of Georgia

Bachelors of Landscape Architecture - In Progress Masters of Urban Planning- in Progress

Skills Photoshop

InDesign

Illustrator

Lumion

AutoCad

HydroCad

ArcGIS

Sketchup

Hand Graphics

Table Of Contents Tybee Island Service Project

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Ideal Community Design pg 7-12

Client Based Community pg 12-18

North Side of JSB pg 19-22

Mixed Media Graphics pg 23-26

Tybee Island Service Project Tybee Island is currently experiencing flooding events during high tide, king tide, and from weather related events. Our studio was tasked with working with the PhD engineering students to create a flood mitigation plan. During the beginning of the semester we researched case studies to inform our design processes throughout the rest of the semester. We then took a trip to Tybee to meet with the local citizens, and government. We determined the areas that were affected most in these flooding events, and created an island wide masterplan to implement gray and green infrastructure to mitigate the effects of flooding on the Tybee Island citizens. We then came back to Athens to complete detailed plans for the different areas of interest on the island. I worked on the area commonly known as “The Bowl.” The Bowl is located on the southern side of the island and is lower in elevation than the waterfronts that surround it.

SITE ANALYSIS One of the first steps in this project was to conduct a site analysis. The site analysis took place at the scale of our area of interest, and at island scale. I wanted to emphasize the relationship between the areas of the island that were highly populated, and the areas that are frequently flooding. It is evident from my site analysis that the areas that are experiencing flooding are the areas that are either marsh land or surround the marsh. The only area that floods frequently that is not marsh is the area known as The Bowl. We suspected, from our site visit, that this flooding was caused by an outfall that was being improperly managed. This outfall was allowing seawater to inundate the stormwater system in this area when the sea would reach high tide or king tide.

Project Boundaries with Focus Area

Site Analysis

Population Density and Marsh

NOAA Flood Frequency

Savannah Area GIS, Esri,

Preliminary Sketches

Sketched Plan of 14th Street

After meeting with the Engineering students, we devised a plan to implement a pump station at the lowest point of The Bowl. I decided to make the road a one-way to allow room for two bioswales on either side of the road within the right-of-way. These bioswales would slow and store the flood water as it moved towards the pump station.

Perspective of Vegetated Swale

A main concern of the Tybee citizens, when we met with them, was keeping the accessibility throughout the island, and creating more East, West pedestrian connectivity. I implemented a sidewalk on the Southern side of 14th Street. This would accommodate East, West Pedestrian activity. I also took the residents’ accessibility to their homes into concern. There are only two driveways that connect to 14th Street which would have to be rerouted.

The Bowl: Fin Suggested Native Plantings

nalized Plans

Masterplan

Connectivity Map

Ideal Community Design This UGA owned lakeside property was given to my studio to design an ideal community. Our class worked together to create a site analysis, and we each individually proceeded with our designs from this point. We had previously researched case studies to help us create our ideal community. I decided that I wanted my community to be a space for people to come together, and create bonds. These relationships would be built through the use of community gardens,a neighborhood greenhouse, spaces for food trucks and vendors, and the addition of a Brewpub. The community gardens would be spacious enough to provide each household with their own fresh fruits and vegetables. The housing would be constructed from shipping containers, and each plot would accomodate three households. I wanted to choose a sustainable housing option, and I thought that shipping containers would be the best option for more compact housing.

Site Analysis

This is a 2,000 acre site mostly covered in pasture. There are smaller areas of forest around the pasture land and a portion of a nearby lake on the northern side of the site. This site is accessible from a road that runs next to the site’s northeast property line. This site is also bounded in by a railroad track that runs along the southern side of the site’s property line.

Final Graphics I decided to create a community that was based around sustainability. There are three access points to enter the site from the road that runs to the Northeast of the site. The road runs in a circle around the community and features land bridges over the road that would allow for wildlife to venture throughout the site. There are multiple amenities within this site: community gardens, a community greenhouse, an inner park, hiking trails, and a brewpub.

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Client Based Community In the spring of my second year I was tasked with creating a community design for a client whose property was currently unused. The client wanted to develop the space to be a single family community for people of all ages. They also specified that they wanted a park within the community to create a sense of connectivity to the park across the street. There were multiple challenges with this space due to the fact it is a very long narrow plot of land, and it is directly off of a divided highway which only allows a right turn in and out of the community. The neighboring community had two roads which connected to the property allowing access to the community from the neighboring community whose entrance has a traffic light.

Final Graphics I decided for this project, I would fit as many houses as I could within this area while still allowing for ample green space. To the left side of the site, I left some of the existing forest and created a hiking trail within the forest because the grade change throughout that area would make for an interesting walk. I created a clubhouse for the community to the right of the site next to the bioretention park. The space in which the bioretention area is almost matches the existing grade. I wanted to keep the site’s natural drainage area to allow the water to be slowed and cooled before being pushed off site. I also created a central park within the site to allow for the community to congregate. This community has sidewalks throughout to encourage the residents to walk the site. I did not connect the end of the site to the existing highway because there would be a safety issue in crossing the highway to get to the existing park on the other side since there are no sidewalks or crosswalks

17 PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

18 PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

North Side of JSB During the fall of my second year, my studio was given a project focused on the North Side of Jackson Street Building. Jackson Street Building is the home of the Landscape Architecture Program at UGA. The North side of JSB is a heavily shaded and heavily trafficked area. There are few plantings on the North side of JSB due to the fact that it rarely gets sun. I wanted to create a space that reflects the heart of the building.

I wanted to create a heavily planted area. I used Georgia natives that do well in heavily shaded areas. I wanted to fill the entire space and make the area feel lush. The space outside of JSB currently feels like it is longing for some life. I wanted to use a variety of textures and colors to draw the attention of pedestrians passing by.

JSB Masterplan

Mixed Media Graphics Graphics made with Sketchup, Lumion, Illustrator, and Photoshop