LYN WENZEL + selected professional works
LYN WENZEL + wenzel.lyn@gmail.com + 502.762.6500
EDUCATION + UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Master of Landscape Architecture (2016) Charlotteville, VA
+ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS SAM FOX SCHOOL OF DESIGN & VISUAL ARTS
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, summa cum laude (2012) Minor in Envrionmental Studies
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BUREAU [LAB] | WASHINGTON, DC Senior Landscape Designer + Project Manager (2018-Present) Staff Landscape Designer (2016-2018)
Landscape Design Intern (Summer 2015) + AUDI FIELD PARCEL B
Project Manager + Landscape Designer SW Washington, DC | Projected Completion 2025
+ FORT HENRY GARDENS AFFORDABLE HOUSING Project Manager + Landscape Designer
Arlington, VA | Projected Completion 2023
+ CONNECTICUT AVENUE PLAZA + STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS Landscape Designer
SE Washington, DC | Projected Completion 2023
+ TOLSON ALLEY APARTMENTS
Project Manager + Landscape Designer
Laurel, MD | Projected Completion 2022
+ GRECO CONDOS
Project Manager + Landscape Designer
Bethesda, MD | Projected Completion 2022 2
+ BUZZARD POINT SQUARE 664 APARTMENTS Landscape Designer
SW Washington, DC | Projected Completion 2022
+ DHS ACCESS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT Landscape Designer
SE Washington, DC | Projected Completion 2021
+ HOUSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Landscape Designer
SE Washington, DC | Projected Completion 2021
+ PEARLMAN RESIDENCE
Project Manager + Landscape Designer
Garrett Park, MD | Projected Completion 2021
+ SW LIBRARY PARK
Project Manager + Landscape Designer
SW Washington, DC | Projected Completion 2021
+ WARD 1 SHORT TERM FAMILY HOUSING
Project Manager + Landscape Designer
NW Washington, DC | Projected Completion 2020
+ INDIANA PLAZA PLANT GALLERY TEMPORARY INSTALLATION Landscape Designer
NW Washington, DC | Completed 2020
+ DACHA DOCKS BEER GARDEN
Project Manager + Landscape Designer SE Washington, DC | Completed 2019
+ LA QUERCIA FELLOWS HOUSING Landscape Designer
NW Washington, DC | Completed 2018
+ GARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Landscape Designer
NW Washington, DC | Completed 2018 3
LYN WENZEL + wenzel.lyn@gmail.com + 502.762.6500
WORK CONT’D + BALLSTON QUARTER REDEVELOPMENT Landscape Designer
Arlington, VA | Completed 2018
+ SMITH-KURI RESIDENCE Landscape Designer
NW Washington, DC | Completed 2016
+ PARK(ING) DAY
Designer + Coordinator + Participant
Washington, DC | Completed 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
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UVA A-SCHOOL | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
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MICHAEL VERGASON LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | ALEXANDRIA, VA
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LSG LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | VIENNA, VA
Teaching Assistant, Ecotone I + II (2014-2015)
Landscape Design Extern (Winter 2015)
Landscape Designer (2013-2014)
COMMUNITY DESIGN + DUTCH DIALOUGES
Regional Planning Team Member (Summer 2015) Norfolk, VA
+ DCBIA COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DAY
Design + Build Day Consultant (2013) Washington, DC
+ NOLA DESIGN BUILD SPRING BREAK
Design + Build Project Coordinator (Summer 2011) St Louis, MO + New Orleans, LA
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GARDENING + FARMING + IDEAS URBAN GREEN
Garden Apprenticeship Program Coordinator (Summer 2014) Louisville, KY + Versailles, FR
+ WOODLAND FARM
Horticulture + Design Intern (Summer 2011) Louisville, KY
AWARDS + VORTEX COMPETITION
Public Award Honorable Mention (2015)
+ WIDMANN AWARD Nominee (2012)
SKILLS + VECTORWORKS + AUTOCAD + ADOBE CC Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
+ SKETCHUP + RHINO Grasshopper
+ GIS + OTHER Knitting, Crochet, Book Binding
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CONTENTS + GARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Washington, DC
with LAB (2016-2018)
+ SW LIBRARY PARK
Washington, DC
with LAB (2020-present)
+ LA QUERCIA FELLOWS HOUSING Washington, DC
with LAB (2017-2018)
+ AUDI FIELD PARCEL B Washington, DC
with LAB (2020-present)
+ DACHA DOCKS BEER GARDEN Washington, DC
with LAB (2019-2020)
+ TOLSON ALLEY APARTMENTS Washington, DC
with LAB (2019-present)
+ FORT HENRY GARDENS AFFORDABLE HOUSING Arlington, VA
with LAB (2020-present)
+ WARD 1 SHORT TERM FAMILY HOUSING Washington, DC
with LAB (2017-2020)
+ DHS ACCESS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT Washington, DC
with LAB (2016-present)
+ INDIANA PLAZA PLANT GALLERY Washington, DC
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Please note, all projects in this portfolio were done as part of a team. Authorship of specific drawings can be found on the cover page for each project, with LW referring to Lyn Wenzel. 7
GARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL + A 4.5 acre campus masterplan and site modernizaition design for DCPS with Bell Architects + Newman Architects NW Washington, DC | Completed 2018
Landscape Designer with LAB (2016-2018)
Assisted with design during design development through permitting & construction documentation, assisted with construction administration acitivities.
+ DESCRIPTION Garrison Elementary School sits on a large, recently underutilized site that was previously home to Camp Barker, one of many ‘contraband camps’ constructed to house formerly enslaved persons during the Civil War. This significant history is celebrated through both subtle site planning and more overt public art pieces that are carefully located across the campus. The site serves both the school and the surrounding neighborhood as a multi-functional park space in which the landscape celebrates the site’s historic character, creates lively recreation and social spaces for a growing community, and provides a unique setting for youth to learn about and practice environmental stewardship. The front façade of the school spans S Street and acts as the ‘front yard’ and most public edge of the site. A grand entry stair, sidewalk ‘pulloff’ zones, and a stabilized gravel nature path create a unique edge that engages public passerby and offers a space for teachers to bring science lessons outside. The nature path, punctuated by precast concrete benches and diverse native shrubs, is designed to encourage students, teachers and community members to gather, interact with and observe both plant life and the life of the surrounding neighborhood. The rear of the site supports the majority of the park and school program with a large multi-purpose sports field (soccer, baseball, and track), formal and informal play areas, an outdoor classroom, and a future community garden. Entry portals mark key site entries and incorporate relief sculptures honoring the site’s Civil War history. The outdoor classroom is located at the heart of the site directly adjacent to the school cafeteria and multi-purpose room, and marks the location where Abraham Lincoln is said to have attended church services with former slaves living at Camp Barker. Defined by an irregular grove of Linden trees and populated with benches made from reclaimed street tree lumber, the outdoor classroom offers a practical, yet whimsical space in which teachers can formally instruct and children can playfully engage with the site’s history.
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IMAGES (right) photos by Prakash Patel; (10-11) site plan rendering by Yuzhou Jin & LW; (12-13,1617) photos by Prakah Patel & LW; (14-15, 16-17) planting plan & illustrative sections by LW
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SW LIBRARY PARK + A public park improvement project for DCPL & DPR with Perkins&Will
SW Washington, DC | Projected Completion 2021
Project Manager + Landscape Designer with LAB (2020-Present)
Managed design from concept through permitting & construction documentation, obtained approvals from various city agencies, participated in pricing exercises, currently overseeing construction acitivities.
+ DESCRIPTION DC’s Southwest neighborhood is characterized by a dense canopy of Willow Oak trees. 3rd and I Street Park is no exception and, in fact, is home to the largest remaining stand of Willow Oaks in the neighborhood. Park improvements were initiated as a result of the redevelopment of Southwest Neighborhood Library directly south of the park. Redefined as Southwest Library Park, these improvements focus on preserving and enhancing the existing Willow Oaks and establishing a strong connection between the library and the park such that they function as one site. Sculptural benches define the heart of the park space and integrate wood seat elements similar to the timber beams of the library beyond. Pavement upgrades include a decorative exposed aggregate concrete band, and pathway realignments help improve pedestrian circulation throughout the park linking the park’s central open space to the primary outdoor gathering space at the library. Walkways are pulled in from planted areas to give more space to the existing trees’ expanding root zones and make space for additional understory tree planting. This layer of native understory trees animates the park in early spring and offers a variety of fall color to complement the rusty orange of the WIllow Oak canopy. Additional shrub and perennial species are selectively located throughout the site to improve views from the library’s second floor common space which overlooks the park and add texture and seasonal interest for park users.
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LA QUERCIA FELLOWS HOUSING + A fellows housing courtyard gardens project
for Dumbarton Oaks with Cunningham | Quill Architects NW Washington, DC | Completed 2018
Landscape Designer with LAB (2016-2018)
Assisted with design during concept design through permitting & construction documentation, obtained approvals from CFA + various city agencies, assisted with construction administration acitivities.
+ DESCRIPTION Located on a quiet residential street in the heart of Georgetown, the La Quercia Fellows Housing building is a short eight minute walk from the Dumbarton Oaks campus. As a leader in garden design research and history, Dumbarton Oaks wanted the La Quercia site to feel integrated with the main gardens and their history while remaining unique and appropriate within its residential context. Thus the landscape approach to the building’s two linear courtyard spaces incorporates plant and paving materials similar to those found throughout the Dumbarton Oaks gardens, but incorporates them in a clean, contemporary style that makes La Quercia feel all its own. On either side of the building to the north and south, narrow, linear courtyards provide quiet oases and are developed as programmatic complements. The sunny south courtyard is paved with bluestone, layered with an endicott brick edge detail, and dotted with columnar Ginkgo trees that delineate seating areas. The space is open enough that furnishings can be reorganized for larger gatherings and garden parties. In contrast, the north courtyard features a winding bluestone path that weaves through textured perennial layers, understory trees, and seneca sandstone columns (relics from the main garden property) to a small paved opening outfitted with exterior outlets ideal for quiet individual study. The plant palette for each space is distinct, featuring changing colors and textures throughout the year and revealing different garden characters as the seasons shift.
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IMAGES (right) site plan rendering by LW; (28-31) planting & paving layout plans by Marjorie Woodbury & LW; (32-33) photos by LW
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AUDI FIELD PARCEL B + A 3.2 acre mixed-use development and public plaza project
for Hoffman & Associates with Studio MB + STUDIOS Architecture SW Washington, DC | Projected Completion 2025
Project Landscape Archiect & Designer with LAB (2020-Present)
Co-managed and assisted with design & approvals efforts during concept design, currently developing design + graphics for a PUD modification package.
+ DESCRIPTION DC’s Buzzard Point neighborhood, newly home to DC United Soccer Team’s Audi Field, occupies the peninsula of city at the confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. Until recently, light industry and historic Fort McNair defined the landscape of Buzzard Point. However, as the city has looked to reinvest in the Anacostia Riverfront, Buzzard Point has emerged as a hot-spot for development starting with Audi Field’s construction in 2018. The parcel immediately east of the stadium (Parcel B) has been used as a bargaining chip for public benefit in evolving zoning discussions, thus shaping its complex site design which accommodates multiple publiclically accessible spaces, a private street, a large utility easement and the primary entrance to Audi Field. The site strategy for the array of public spaces at Parcel B employs the concept of confluence to address the various site and programmatic requirements. North of the building lies Potomac Avenue Plaza which acts as the public face of not only Parcel B and Audi Field, but to the neighborhood of Buzzard Point as a whole. A splayed grove of trees defines this space and gives structure to the multiple uses that the plaza must accommodate outdoor dining for retail tenants, public gathering for the neighborhood, and large crowds on game days. At the prominent northeast corner, a splash pad is integrated into the paving design to act as a public catalyst for the plaza. The retail street west of Parcel B (dubbed Vamos Way as a nod to the soccer team’s popular cheer) is bordered on the east side by Audi Field itself and will be closed to traffic on game days. Highlighting the importance of the pedestrian experience within this space, the street is designed as a curbless multi-modal space defined on either side of the vehicular area with a mix of tightly-spaced trees, sculptural lighting elements, planters and benches. These two spaces converge at the entrance to Audi Field where elements from each space merge and direct pedestrian flow toward the entry gates. An underlying paving pattern that mimics bathymetry lines found on river maps is deployed across each of the ground level spaces helping to unify the site character in a flexible way that doesn’t rely on building geometries and can easily evolve as the design progresses. +
IMAGES (right, 38-39) section renderings by LW; (36-37) site plan rendering by Gaelle Gourmelon & LW
1 - section at potomac avenue plaza
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DACHA DOCKS + A 700 person beer garden & outdoor dining space for Dacha Restaurants
SE Washington, DC | Completed 2019
Project Manager + Landscape Designer with LAB (2018-2019)
Managed design from design development through construction documentation, oversaw construction acitivities.
+ DESCRIPTION Dacha at Dock 79 has been a lively addition to the Anacostia Riverwalk in a rapidly-changing corner of Washington, DC’s Navy Yard neighborhood. A large outdoor beergarten, located between Nationals Park and the Anacostia River on the site of a historic concrete plant (and more recently an underutilized plaza), is the centerpiece of the restaurant experience. The space is conceived of as an outdoor extension of a Dacha (a small cottage or vacation home common in Russia) and includes a series of freeflowing spaces that are evocative of summer country living. An informal fence with an integral drink rail and playful planter boxes rings the beergarten and recalls a comfortable porch from which to sit back and enjoy views of the boardwalk and river beyond. A grove of LittleLeaf Lindens define the outdoor space and cast playful shadows over picnic tables arrayed on a floor of decorative red gravel. Red maples march along Potomac Avenue, building on the character of the streetscape and welcoming visitors as they enter the space. The design team also worked closely with the owners to help curate a series of distinctive elements and furnishings including an airstream trailer (converted into a bar), a vintage Russian automobile, and an array of red bistro chairs that animate the space as they are constantly reconfigured by visitors.
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IMAGES (right, 44-45) photos by LW; (42-43) site plan rendering by Yuzhou Jin; (42-43) elevation & plan layout details by LW
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TOLSON ALLEY APARTMENTS + A 73 unit multi-family housing project + publicly-accessible park for New Legacy Partners with ISA
Laurel, MD | Projected Completion 2022
Project Manager + Landscape Designer with LAB (2018-Present)
Managed concept & schematic design, obtained concept approvals from city agencies, currently participating in pricing exercise.
+ DESCRIPTION Historic Main Street has remained a critical cultural asset to the community of Laurel, Maryland since its founding in the late 19th century. Running parallel to the Patuxent River, which was central to the construction of fiber mills and the town’s early development boom, Main Street is currently home to local institutions and trusted businesses, but has lost its steady residential population to both suburban development and the lure of nearby cities (Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD). Recent incentives for economic investment in underutilized properties in and around Main Street coupled with the establishment of the Patuxent River transit-oriented development overlay zone aim to fast-track smart-growth development within downtown Laurel. The Tolson Alley Commons site, located one block north of Main Street and just south of the Patuxent River trail network, is well positioned to provide much-needed housing variety and reactivation of the Historic Main Street neighborhood. Five multi-family buildings are stretched across the site to encourage east-west pedestrian circulation, but are interrupted mid-block to make space for a publicly accessible pocket park at the heart of the site. Residential common spaces and small commercial uses (coworking office, cafe, gym) are located around the park space allowing those uses to spill out and animate the park edges. The landscape of the commons park is simple and bold with a tilted lawn occupying the majority of the park, bordered by a row of canopy trees to the east and a terraced seating edge to the north and west. Building and townhouse entrances are located off of Tolson Alley (proposed as a curbless, shared street space) and the pedestrian alley to the north. Both spaces are characterized by lush front garden planting, with the pathway in the pedestrian alley meandering between building facades and creating quiet seating edges apart from the public commons park. At the intersection of the park and Tolson Alley, a pedestrian connection through the block to the south connecting Tolson Alley Commons to Main Street has been proposed as a partnership with the city. The design team has introduced tactical urbanism methods to city planners in an effort to kick-start the reimagining of this connector and other alley spaces throughout the Historic Main Street area. +
IMAGES (right) model & renderings by Sarah Wolf, Yuzhou Jin & LW; (48-49) diagrams by LW; (50-51) site plan rendering by Yuzhou Jin
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FORT HENRY GARDENS + A 300 unit affordable housing project
for Arlington Housing Corporation with Bonstra | Haresign Architects Arlington, VA | Projected Completion 2023
Project Manager + Landscape Designer with LAB (2020-Present)
Managed concept & schematic design, obtained concept approvals from county agencies, currently participating in community engagement process.
+ DESCRIPTION The rapid growth in recent decades across the DC metropolitan region has greatly impacted access to affordable housing. Arlington, Virginia in particular has seen minority populations being priced out of neighborhoods that have served as strongholds for affordable housing until today. Fort Henry Gardens is an existing community of affordable garden-style apartments built in the mid 20th century. The redevelopment of Fort Henry Gardens aims to triple the amount of affordable units on site while providing modernized interior and exterior amenity space for residents and the larger community to enjoy together. The landscape of the Fort Henry site is characterized by significant topographic change. The four multi-family buildings are built into the slope providing shorter building heights adjacent to existing single family houses. The programmed exterior spaces are designed to link building entrances into a cohesive network, offer a variety of uses accessible to residents and community members, and integrate diverse plant material that strengthens residents’ connection to these places and enhances regional biodiversity. The grove at building one and the plaza, terraces and open lawn at building three accommodate larger group gatherings and community events. The open lawn marks a prominent corner at the intersection of Lowell and Lincoln Streets and offers the opportunity for passive community recreation. Complementing the larger gathering spaces, intimate, lush garden rooms at building two cascade down the hill and provide multiple spaces for small gatherings and quiet individual activity. The backyards at buildings two and three are designed for grilling, outdoor dining, and mid-sized gatherings. Finally, two play areas extend the outdoor program to families and young residents with a tot-lot at the corner of Lowell and 25th Streets and a multi-generational play space at the building two backyard featuring an embankment slide that celebrates the site’s topography.
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IMAGES (right) site sections by LW; (54-55) site plan by LW; (54-55) model & renderings by Junhong Fu & Gaelle Gourmelon
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WARD 1 STFH + An emergency short-term family housing facility project for DHS with Cunningham | Quill Architects
NW Washington, DC | Projected Completion 2020
Project Manager + Landscape Designer with LAB (2018-Present)
Managed design from concept through permitting & construction documentation, obtained approvals from CFA + various city agencies, currently overeeing construction acitivities.
+ DESCRIPTION The Ward 1 Short Term Family and Permanent Supportive Housing facility is the final shelter finished as a part of DC Mayor Bowser’s initiative to provide housing for those experiencing homlessness across the district. The Ward 1 facility is unique in that it incorporates both temporary family and permanent supportive housing units together in one building. The specific needs of these two populations coupled with the tight size of the site required a careful layering of program and creative design of each space to accommodate multiple uses. The project centerpiece is a courtyard play area designed to provide productive play space for children of various ages as well as flexible seating for teenage children and parents. Concrete planters walls with wood top bench elements ring the courtyard area, providing an array of places to sit, socialize, and watch children play. Located above the underground parking level, the playground and play equipment is designed and engineered for this uncommon on-structure condition. Seen from numerous units that overlook this space, the pattern and color of the play surfacing and equipment brighten this north-facing courtyard and bring life to the building as a whole. Two separate entries serve each housing population with the main entrance to the short-term family lobby located off of 14th Street, a major commercial corridor and centerpoint of the 1968s riots in DC that has seen extensive redevelopment in recent decades. Designing the entry to this public building located off of the poster-child street for gentrification required a careful balance of openness and sanctuary all while navigating the significant topographic change across the site. Triangular planters flank an entry stair and are filled with a lush shrub layer and row of Eastern Redbuds giving the entry a distinguished, yet inviting appearance. Elevated from the public sidewalk and flush with the lobby space, a humble seating area, including seat walls that mimic those in the courtyard, offers a safe space for residents to gather as they enter and leave their temporary home.
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IMAGES (right) play equipment studies by Yuzhou Jin & LW; (58-59) site plan rendering by LW; (5859) section renderings by Yuzhou Jin & LW; (60-61) layout & material plans by LW
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MID -RANGE OPTION - $32,000
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1 - elevation at short term family housing entry off 14th street
2 - section at permanent supportive housing entry & courtyard gathering space
3 - section at courtyard play area & bio-planting at permanent supportive housing entry
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DHS ACCESS ROAD + A 1.5 mile road realignment & bike + pedestrian infrastructure project for DDOT with ZGF Architects + HNTB Engineering SE Washington, DC | Projected Completion 2022 Landscape Designer with LAB (2016-Present)
Assisted with design, research, & approvals development and construction documentation, & presentation materials for the 2017 ICOET assisting with construction adnministration
efforts during design helped develop publication conference, currently acitivities.
+ DESCRIPTION Located on the edge of the historic St. Elizabeth’s West Campus adjacent to I-295, the DHS Access Road project provides improved vehicular access for the large federal workforce commuting to the recently relocated Department of Homeland Security Headquarters. The Access Road addresses vehicular requirements while significantly improving bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in a greatly under-served part of DC and utilizes distubed land from the project to introduce ecological planting strategies to this highway corridor. The landscape design reintroduces as much vegetation as possible in the area of construction (which impacts the existing Shepherd Parkway woodland), and deploys plant combinations along the shared use path that evoke native plant communities and enhance the experience of users along the Access Road. Planted areas articulate a transition from typical streetscapes at the edges of the project to more intensified woodland planting where Shepherd Parkway comes into view for cyclists and pedestrians. Planting zone palettes were developed from a close study of native plant communities, pairing site conditions with conditions found within undisturbed ‘natural’ landscapes. As canopy and understory trees change along this stretch of road, so too do the shrub and perennial layers offering an ever-changing sequence of color and texture. Linear bioretention planters along the shared use path restrict plant choices within those zones, but serve as a primary means of stormwater management for the project. Within the interchange and along the longer stretches of highway, an open meadow landscape is employed to create productive, yet low-maintenance pollinator habitat. The Xerces Society (a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting insects and their habitats) was a close partner in the development of seed mixes and worked to ensure the project’s ecological performance with a particular focus on improving insect pollinator habitat. The research associated with this project was presented at the 2017 ICOET (International Conference on Ecology & Transportation) and remains publicly available.
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IMAGES (right) site axon by LW; (64-65) site analysis diagrams by LW; (66-67) planting zone layout plans by Marjorie Woodbury & LW; (68-69) planting diagrams by LW; (70-71) section rendering LW
PEDESTRIAN & BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE shared use path & rest areas
ECOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE shepherd parkway (existing wooland) canopy & understory trees pollinator-supporting meadow
PLANTING ZONES edge revegetation zone linear bioretenion planter zone interchange meadow zones
STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE interchange bioswales detention bansins linear bioretention facility
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE access road undated interchange I-295
SITE CONTEXT - washington, dc
SITE ANALYSIS - hydrology study
SITE ANALYSIS - sun/shade study
SITE ANALYSIS - retaining wall conditions
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SITE CONTEXT - se washington, dc
SITE DESIGN - shared use path zones
SITE DESIGN - interchange zones
SITE DESIGN - planting character typologies
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PLANTING DESIGN - shared use path zones
PLANTING DESIGN - interchange zones
KEY shared use path zones
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interchange zones
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shared use path zones
E2 > T3 planting axon
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seed mix A1 species mix
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SMALL MAMMALS & BIRDS
Crickets, grasshoppers, & beetles feed Sialia sialis - Eastern Bluebird
Berries feed a variety of mammals & birds including Picoides pubescens - Downy Woodpecker Baeolophus bicolor - Tufted Titmouse
Open meadow habitat for field crickets & native beetles
Host to approx. 124 caterpillars
Nesting site for a variety of birds Vireo flavifrons - Yellow-throated Icterus galbula - Baltimore Oriol
INSECTS
Danaus plexippus - Monarch
Host to native bumble bees, nest in ground at grass base
PLANTS CANOPY & UNDERSTORY TREES LARGE SHRUBS
Platanus occidentalis - American Sycamore Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Atumn Brilliance’ - Apple Serviceberry
Platanus occidentalis - American Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Atumn
PLANTS PERENIALS & GRASSES
Chasmanthium latifolium - River Oats Asclepias incarnata - Swamp Milkweed
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem Baptisia australis - Blue False Indigo
Pan Pen
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem Solidago juncea - Early Goldenrod
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OPEN SEED MIX A1
ENCLOSED SEED MIX C1
EDGE SEED MIX B1
ACCESS ROAD
EDGE SEED MIX B2
ENCLOSED SEED MIX C1
EDGE SEED MIX B
Archilochus colubris Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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Native bees
Limenitis archippus - Viceroy
Host to native bumble bees, nest in ground at grass base
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Drangoflies eat tiny pollinator insects
Host to a variety of native bees, wasps & flower flies
Quercus falcata - Southern Red Oak Salix discolor - Pussy Willow
n Sycamore n Brilliance’ - Apple Serviceberry
nicum anceps - Beaked Panicgrass nstemon digitalis - Tall White Beardtounge
Caterpillars feed a variety of birds including Setophaga petechia - Yellow Warbler
Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass Lobelia siphilitica - Blue Cardinal Flower
OPEN SEED MIX B3 + C4
RAMP B
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem Scorghastrum nutans - Indiangrass Rudbechia hirta ‘Indian Summer’ - Blackeyed Susan Eupatorium hyssopifolium - Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort
SHARED REVEGETATION USE PATH ZONE E2 S1
SHEPHERD PARKWAY EXISTING [NPS OWNED LAND]
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INDIANA PLAZA PLANT GALLERY + A temporary public plant gallery installation
for DowntownDC BID + Indiana Society of Washington NW Washington, DC | Completed 2020
Landscape Designer with LAB (2019-2020)
Assisted with design during concept design through permitting & construction documentation, obtained approvals from CFA + various city agencies, assisted with construction administration acitivities.
+ DESCRIPTION Bordered Pennsylvania Avenue to the south, the Indiana Plaza site is steps from the National Mall and other prominent civic spaces in downtown DC. Neglected by the National Park Service for years, this temporary installation is aimed at offering tourists and residents alike a fun and informative space to learn more about the plaza’s namesake. The Indiana Plaza Plant Gallery features a living collection of plants representative of Indiana’s local flora. Drawing from the state’s five major ecoregions, each group of planters contains a unique mix of two plants. Each mix incorporates a base plant (grass or shrub) and a flowering perennial to evoke the various landscapes of Indiana. The planters are outfitted with a large gallery-like graphic which displays the common and botanical name of each plant as well as a map locating the ecoregion within the state. This informational layer is complemented by various seating options, red cafe tables and chairs for casual seating and red spinning top chairs for playful interaction are scattered throughout the space.
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IMAGES (right) site plan, section & details by LW; (74-75) planting plan by & LW; (76-77) plant palette diagram by Gaelle Gourmelon & LW
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