“Inspiration is all around us, all we have to do is open our eyes.” LACREISHA PHILLIPS
` ` RESUME PERSONAL STATEMENT
I find myself in landscape architecture through my passion and appreciation for the natural environment. It is the subtle, but powerful ability to create dialogue between man and nature through the use of my art that fuels me. My interest in geological connectivity, artistic creation and regeneration fuel the passion I exuberate for the transformation and future development of the physical environment.
EDUCATION 2014. Bachelor’s Degree of Landscape Architecture University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland 20740
EXPERIENCE 2010‐Present. Research assistant Department of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park 2011-2012. Illustration Intern Office of Sustainability, University of Maryland, College Park
MEMBERSHIP
2009-Present. Architecture, Construction & Engineering (ACE) Mentor Program
EXTRA CURRICULARS 2013. Bioretention Installation Signage Design University of Maryland, College Park 2011-12. Alumni Relations Chair Caribbean Students Association, University of Maryland, College Park
SOFTWARES Arcmap10 AutoCAD 2012 Google Sketch Up Adobe Creative Suite. (CS6) +Photoshop +Illustrator +InDesign Microsoft Office. +Word +Publisher +Excel
REFERENCES Dennis Nola, PLA, ASLA, dnola@umd.edu 301.405.0066 Frances Avendaño, Office of Sustainability favendan@umd.edu 301.405.2384
Lacreisha A. Phillips Email: lcrphillips7020@gmail.com Phone: 410.603.1739
CONTENTS URBAN AGRICULTURE STATION, GREENBELT METRO-STATION TROTTERS GLEN, OLNEY, MARYLAND PHILLIPS SEAFOOD, RESTAURANT DESIGN BRIERS MILL GREENWAY, BRIERS MILL RUN SUBWATERSHED STINE & BRIDGE, ARCHITECTURAL BUILD UP MCKELDIN MALL, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND EVERGREEN MUSEUM AND LIBRARY, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND PERSONAL WORK, SKETCHING/ DIGITAL MEDIA
URBAN AGRICULTURE STATION, GREENBELT METRO-STATION The Urban Agriculture Station is a name given to a university-wide competition requesting for an over-grown and under utilized parking area that rests on the outer edge of the Greenbelt Metro-station. The site it the ideal location for an introduction of new and innovative green urban practices, hosting a wide range of user groups.
Green-roofs, Eco-Research opportunities Community Gardens & Farmer’s Markets Environmental Education for the Public
Not to Scale
1 Eco-Complex
Residential greenroofs
Community Plaza & Market
Research Center & greenroof
Walk-through, edible garden
Research plots & greenhouses
Preserved forestland Wetlands
1 [Section by addtional group member]
TROTTERS GLEN, OLNEY, MARYLAND The proposed design for Trotters Glen Residential community introduced innovative and green-powered landscape design targeted towards high-income clientele, representing the first eco-community in Onley, Maryland. The design consisted of three expanded wetlands, eco-architecture and resulted in a 30 percent increase in forestland.
Sustainable Living Eco-Residential Conservation Subdivision
Environmental Site Design Site Analysis
+30% Reforestation +Expanded wetlands +Terraced drainage design Boardwalk-inspired trail system that surrounds the expanded wetland area. Primary, Secondary, & Tertiary conservation
Reforestation results
BRIERS MILL GREENWAY, BRIERS MILL RUN SUBWATERSHED to locate and document the sites within the subwatershed that are the most suitable for build and construct a children’s Locating primary sites [GIS] was playground for the existing and future communities.
+Suitable location among both natural and cultural features
+Suitable location among natural features
+Suitable location among cultural features
Top three most suitable site for the proposed children’s playground. Each site was pinpointed based on features present above and provide community access and increase land value of surrounding areas.
CONTEXT MAPPING [GIS]
The displayed design focuses on different ways of introducing eco-elements into the area to form a watershed-long greenway connecting Greenbelt Park to the proposed Purple Line stop to New Carrolton.
+Primary and Secondary Greenway System
PROCESS DIAGRAMMING +Primary forest preservation +Primary developable land Apartment Complexes
Single-Family Homes
Preserved Forestland
+Conceptual Diagram
Expanded Park
+Primary Users
STINE & BRIDGE
ARCHITECTURAL BUILD UP
The Stine residence is a project designed to reconstruct an existing property in full detail through the use of AutoCAD and Google Sketch Up. Detailed processes included reconstructing the residential floor plans and section-elevation viewpoints.
+Entry Gate Planting Plan & Detail
+Architectural Floor Plan Topographic projection of the desired landscape +completed using AutoCAD and Google Sketch Up.
Greenhouses
+Bridge Plan View
Comcast Center
Lot #6
31’
+Bridge Section View Pavilion METAL BRACING
Agricultural Terracing PONY TRUSS
School of Public Health
WOODEN DECKING
I-BEAMS
+Bridge Axonometric View Campus Farm
PLAN VIEW
The goal of the proposed design is to expand the existing farm from it’s current location towards the existing greenhouses. The expansion is intended to heighten the presence of agricultural and environmentally related practices on the UMD campus. [Construction Documents on this page by addtional group member]
Regulate circulation Back of Entry across Mck to Mck Campus Dr.
Purple line entryway & East campus lower stage
+Activity divides
MCKELDIN MALL, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND +Green circulation
Proposed Purple Line
The goal of the design of Mckeldin Mall aims to create a landscape within the campus that accommodates the proposed Purple Metro-rail. The displayed design works to increase vegetation, reduce vehicular access and promoting environmental education through the use of extended tree canopies, constructed performance platforms and the option of intimate spaces that provide full view of the surrounding landscape.
[Inspired the University to request a $3 million design contract for the mall’s future renovation]
+Expanded activity space +Organized circulation +Increased vegetation
EVERGREEN MUSEUM AND LIBRARY, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND In my personal design proposal, Infinity Bridge, I merge the natural (native and invasive) landscape with architectural edges to create the opportunity to reveal the beauty of the natural world through the use of on-site material.
BAMBOO
Taken from invasive patches on site and re-used for decorative structure.
WIRE MESH
To cover the bamboo structure to allow visual clarity of outside vegetation.
PERSONAL WORK, SKETCHING/ DIGITAL MEDIA
Sustainable Living Environments
[the future of cityscapes]
Skyscape is a bridge that serve as a ‘green’ connection between two high-riser urban buildings. The bridge will be
pedestrian-only and feature a curved boardwalk, stone pathways, small lawns, a water feature and a small opening (the opening shown above) to view the cityscape beneath.
[on site] Art is everywhere.
[on site]
All you have to do
[on site]
is open your eyes.
[on site]
[Characters based on fellow classmates]
Graphic Design|Fashion Design|Photography|Character & Plot Development|Poetry|Mixed Media
Landscape Architecture
drawing dreams into reality
I find myself in landscape architecture through my passion and appreciation for the natural environment. It is the subtle, but powerful ability to create dialogue between man and nature through the use of my art that fuels me. I look around me and see the connections between building structures and the natural materials they originate from; I observe how people interact with the world around them and how changing that world can influence their perspectives and outlooks on life. My interest in geological connectivity, artistic creation and regeneration fuel the passion I exuberate for the transformation and future development of the physical environment. Every great creation begins with an idea, but where that dream ends up is our decision. We are the creators of reality. The power existing within the world is the same power that exists within us all and with that power, comes magnificent landscape designs that grow and move as the people within it. The future isn't modern geometry; it's not open fields of historic plantations. The future
is innovation; it lives and breathes as we do, because [we] define “Possible.�
Thank Thank you. you.