LAURA HANDLETON
landscape architecture portfolio
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LAURA HANDLETON laurahandleton@gmail.com 513-519-8787 91 W. 10th Avenue Apartment B Columbus, OH 43201
TABLE OF CONTENTS confluence
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Columbus OH | urban sports park
material mosaic
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Columbus OH | art center plaza
green network
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Brooklyn NY | flexible event space
habitation
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Salem MA | small scale installation
tactical urbanism
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Clintonville OH | complete streets implementation
miscellaneous hand sketches | fabrications | cards and invitations
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CONFLUENCE
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Location: Columbus OH Partners: Mariel Fink and Christa Radosavljevic Date: Fall 2015 This project site is in downtown Columbus at the confluence of the Olentangy and Scioto rivers. The large and neglected site is also dissected by many roads, railroads, and highways. There is no existing drainage strategy. My group sought to create a space that was both aesthetically engaging and ecologically functional. Inspired by the forms of river deltas as a conveyor of water, the project works to improve the site’s stormwater function through the carving of ravines in the landscape. These same ravines act as a visual and physical connection to the river, while providing many interesting formal and informal active programmatic spaces for visitors to explore.
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Topography plan with hydrology highlights
Topography process Hand drawn
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Parking lot
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Cafe
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Lawn space
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Playground
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Kayak launch
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Aquatic center
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Green roof
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Birdwatching area
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Wetland restoration
Ice path
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11 Gallery spaces 12 Ice rink 13 Skate park 14 Skyline platform
Wetland boardwalk
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Ravine play area
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Bridge over rail lines
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Sports cafe
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Basketball deck
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Entry path to urban context
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Kayak rental
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Wetland deck
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Boardwalk
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Aquatic center
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Ravine lighting
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MATERIAL MOSAIC
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Location: Wexner Center Plaza, Ohio State Campus OH Partners: Kara Sheetz and Kerry Gerich Date: Spring 2015 The site of this project is the plaza outside the Wexner Center for the Arts on the Ohio State University’s campus. The existing plaza is not functioning properly; many of the trees have died and the pavers are loose, cracked, or missing in many places. Our assignment was to redesign the plaza with an emphasis on detail design. There are entrances to both the Wexner Center and Sullivant Hall adjacent to the plaza, all at different spot grades. Our final design is a series of interlocking terraces that bring people through the different levels of the site. Various programmatic elements and vegetation types fill the mosaic pieces. Full construction document set available upon request.
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Plant palette
Iris sibirica
Carex
Calamagrostis acutiflora
Coreopsis verticillata
Nyssa sylvatica
Amsonia hubrichtii
Tradescantia ‘Sweet Kate’
Cercidiphyllum japonica
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2" DARK GREY GRANITE PAVERS
HUSH HAMMERED TEXTURE CONCRETE WALL 2" GREY STONE CAPPER
2" GREY STONE CLADING
Section near Sullivant Hall
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VARIES, SEE GRADING PLAN
COMPACTED AGGREGATE BASE COURSE
client
COMPACTED SUBGRADE
#4 REBAR AT 15" O.C. EACH WAY, 2" CLEAR STRUCTURAL SOIL (SEE SOIL DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS) BIORETENTION SOIL (SEE SOIL DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS) EXPANSION JOINT
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FOOTER RETAINING WALL 2TO EXTEND GRANITEOF PAVER, SEE DETAIL ON L-6.1 36" PAST LOWEST GRADE FROST LINE
project name
CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE
Wexner Center Plaza 140
consultants
COMPACTED AGGREGATE BASE COURSE
36" MIN VARIES, SEEOR GRADING PLAN TO FROST LINE
project address 1871 N High St Columbus, OH 43210
#4 VERTICAL REBAR 2" CLEAR, 18" O.C. CONTINUOUS COMPACTED SUBGRADE
#4 REBAR AT 15" O.C. EACH WAY, 2" CLEAR 3" DIAMETER DRAIN
FOOTER OF RETAINING WALL TO EXTEND 36" PAST LOWEST GRADE FROST LINE
36" MIN OR TO FROST LINE
781 fifth Ave Columbus, OH 43210
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Garden Gestures
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Concept Engineering 11 Marconi Blvd Columbus, OH 43210
#4 VERTICAL REBAR 2" CLEAR, 18" O.C. CONTINUOUS
WALL ADJACENT TO HARDSCAPE 1 RETAINING SCALE: 3/4" = 1'-0" 10"
3" DIAMETER DRAIN
4'-0"
WALL ADJACENT TO HARDSCAPE 1 RETAINING SCALE: 3/4" = 1'-0"
SOIL TYPE (SEE SOIL DETAILS, SOIL PLANS, AND SPECIFICATIONS) TOP OF WALLS CHAMFERED TO SHOW 4" (SEE SPECIFICATIONS)
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SOIL GRADE TO MEET EDGE 3" BELOW TOP OF WALL VARIES, SEE GRADING PLAN 140
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FOOTER OF RETAINING WALL TO EXTEND 36" PAST LOWEST GRADE FROST LINE
36" MIN. OR TO FROST LINE
SOIL TYPE (SEE SOIL DETAILS, SOIL PLANS, AND SPECIFICATIONS) #4 REBAR AT 15" O.C. EACH WAY, 2" CLEAR TOP OF WALLS CHAMFERED TO SHOW 4" (SEE SPECIFICATIONS)
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SOIL GRADE TO MEET 3" 18" BELOW OF WALL #4 VERTICAL REBAR 2"EDGE CLEAR, O.C. TOP CONTINUOUS
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FREE DRAINING AGGREGATE
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FOOTER OF RETAINING WALL TO EXTEND 36" PAST LOWEST GRADE FROST LINE
36" MIN. OR TO FROST LINE
#4 REBAR AT 15" O.C. EACH WAY, 2" CLEAR 1'-2 1/2"
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#4 VERTICAL REBAR 2" CLEAR, 18" O.C. CONTINUOUS FREE DRAINING AGGREGATE
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WALL BETWEEN PLANTERS 2 RETAINING SCALE: 3/4" = 1'-0"
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6"L. REBAR AT 15" O.C. EACH WAY EXPANSION JOINT
STRUCTURAL SOIL (SEE SOIL DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS) BIORETENTION SOIL (SEE SOIL DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS) EXPANSION JOINT
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WALL BETWEEN PLANTERS 2 RETAINING SCALE: 3/4" = 1'-0"
CONCRETE PAVER, SEE DETAIL 2
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NEOPRENE TACK COAT OVER 34" T
GRANITE PAVER, SEE DETAIL 2 ON L-6.1 CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE 140
VARIES, SEE GRADING PLAN
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COMPACTED AGGREGATE BASE COURSE
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COMPACTED SUBGRADE
PRECAST CONCRETE STAIR
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36" MIN OR TO FROST LINE
#4 REBAR AT 15" O.C. EACH WAY, 2" CLEAR
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#4 VERTICAL REBAR 2" CLEAR, 18" O.C. CONTINUOUS
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FOOTER OF RETAINING WALL TO EXTEND 36" PAST LOWEST GRADE FROST LINE
#4 REBAR AT 15" O.C. EACH WAY,
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GREEN NETWORK
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Location: Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City NY Partners: April Liu, Katie Pettee, and Nevin Lesnoski Date: Fall 2014 This project site was located within the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a historically industrial and restricted area. My group’s assignment was to create an event space. As a small scale intervention, I created both market stall and planter modules which can be moved with shipping container technology to create many different layouts in an area. This allows flexibility so the space can function as an industrial workplace during the week and as a market square, a street festival, or a park during event times. A more permanently programmed square features a pavilion with a green roof that functions as a park.
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Plant palette
Salvia nemorosa
Carex
Module 2: Planter
Baptisia
Amsonia hubrichtii
Nyssa sylvatica
Module 1: Market stall
Condition 1: Streets can be blocked off to become a market
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Condition 2: Alley allows for a pocket park environment with a variety of layouts
Map of potential corridors and permanent placement for events
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Potential module arrangements
Obstruct
Organize
Group
Streamline
Contain
Modules being utilized for a farmer’s market
Disperse
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HABITATION
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Client: Peabody Essex Museum Location: Salem MA Partner: Christa Radosavljevic Date: Spring 2014 In the Peabody Essex Museum, there was a temporary exhibit by Ohio State art professor Amy Young. It consisted of a miniature museum inhabited by crickets. Museum visitors could view the crickets through a large window or through a camera which broadcasts to a screen within the museum. Our assignment was to create a cricket-scale installation that the insects could interact with. After many material studies, we chose tulle and sandpaper because of the cricket’s ease of movement on these materials. The hexagon motif repeated in the design was derived from the shape of the cricket’s compound eye and was utilized to create interesting structures for the insects.
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RENDERING: CRICKET VIEW
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View from the installed camera
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SANDPAPER PATH CIRCULATION
WEBCAM
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5 7 4 $ 3 & & /
WIND WINDOW DO OW
PATHS/CIRCULATION
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WINDOW
TULLE CIRCULATION
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WIND WINDOW WIND D FOOD PLACEMENT DIAGRAM
WEBCAM AM
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TACTICAL URBANISM
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Location: Weisheimer Road, Clintonville OH Partners: Class collaboration Date: Spring 2014 This purpose of this class was to explore best management practices for complete streets including green infrastructure, pedestrian friendly street design, bicycle accommodation, and traffic calming, and then apply them to several streets in Clintonville, OH. Our study included a high traffic road (Indianola Avenue) as well as residential roads. The course culminated in a tactical urbanism event where we constructed a temporary demonstration of the solutions we planned and received feedback from the community. In this section I focus on Weisheimer road, an underdeveloped residential street in a school zone. One of our street schemes was recently adopted.
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Existing conditions
No sidewalks 30
Low cost scheme
No crosswalks
Medium cost scheme
No tree lawn
Wide, unmarked street
Images from the tactical urbanism event
High cost scheme 31
MISCELLANEOUS
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Hand sketches Sketches were completed during a month long architectural study abroad trip to Europe. Ink on paper. Fabrications Completed during a fabrications course. The chair was built using a CNC router and assembled on hidden dowels. The mini-planters were built digitally in Rhino and fabricated on a 3D printer. Cards and invitations Completed with a combination of watercolor and ink on paper.
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YOU’RE INVITED to the sixtieth anniversary celebration for
Bob and Bunny Please join us on May 14th, 2016 at 6:00 Stonegate Apartment’s clubhouse 7911 Stonegate Drive RSVP to Margaret (513) 519-5922 or mhandleton@zoomtown.com
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