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urbitat
Spring 2012
proposal Q
Fall 2011
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Evening Allee Lighting
followwater Textured Concrete Sediment Detention
Tiered Center Treatment Gully
22’ Wide Spring 2012
Pedestrian Boardwalk 15’ Wide Stone Wall Channel
Extensive Green Roof Vegetation Extensive Growing Medium Root Permeable Filter Layer Drainage & Capillary Layer Protection & Storage Layer Waterproofing Liner
Overflow Funnel
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Metal Bridge Cladding
Fall 2012
co Pr es Isl an dT o Fr om
St. Croix River
duwamish
Active Aqua Channel 20’ Clearance
Turning Basin #3 Master Res Hamm Creek Tidal Estuary Kayak Berth Market & Estuary Parking Power Transfer Station Mooring Market
Turning Basin #3 Restoration Projec (Expanded Mud Flats) Longhouse Development & Parking Fruit Tree Orchard
r e f e r e n c e s Professor of Studio Spring/ Fall 2012
Professor of Planting Design / Details / Studio
Professor of Studio 2011 / Landform / Details
Assistant Professor University of Minnesota College of Design Department of Landscape Architecture
Professor of Landscape Architecture University of Minnesota College of Design Department of Landscape Architecture
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture University of Minnesota College of Design Department of Landscape Architecture
Matthew Tucker
mjtucker@umn.edu
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John Koepke
koepk002@umn.edu
Joseph Favour
favou001@umn.edu
o b j e c t i v e
To provide creative design in tandem with sustainable innovation to further evolve the art and functionality of landscape architecture
e d u c a t i o n
U ni ve rsi t y of Mi nneso ta College of Design
Expected Graduation: May 2014
Bachelor of Environmental Design (BED) Minor: Urban Studies Major GPA:3.7 Awards Accepted to Accelerated BED-MLA Program, Fall 2012 Lake Minnetonka Garden Club Scholarship Winner
M c N al l y Smi t h C ol l eg e o f Mu sic Song Writing / Music Production
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He i di ’ s L i f e st yl e G ard en s May - August 2011
M i nne sot a St ude nt Ch ap ter o f th e Am erican So ciety o f Lan d scap e A rc hit e c t s Participating Member September 2009 - Present
D e si gn St ude nt & Alu m n i Bo ard Landscape Architecture Student Representative May 2010 - Present
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Wags & W hi ske rs An im al Rescu e September 2012-Present AEO N May - August 2011 Tre e Trust , L L C October 2010 U ni ve rsi t y of M i nneso ta June, October 2010
a b i l i t i e s
D i gi t al Adobe S uite ( Ph o t o s h o p & I l l u s t r a t o r E x t en s i ve) , G o o g l e S ket c h Up , A u t o C A D , A rc GIS M anual Plant Knowled g e, Ph o t o g r a p h y, H a n d Dr a f t i n g , M u s i c , C r i t i q u e
m a t t h e w
k e s s l e r
5043 44th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55417
organizations
712.330.7599
Intern Residential garden installation and maintenance Provide professional and meticulous garden services to high profile clientele Selected to travel to annual Ball Seed horticulture event in Chicago July 2011 C onst abl e - St e e l e Gard en Desig n May 2010 - October 2010 Intern Planted, developed, and maintained residential horticulture gardens U ni ve rsi t y of M i nneso ta Dep ar tm en t o f Lan d care September 2009 - 2010 Maintain University grounds by providing exterior maintenance and waste management Ame ri C orps 2006 - 2007 Instruct and engage with youth (ages 6-16) through challenge course and team building activities while instilling the YMCA values
matthew.a.kessler@gmail.com
Master of Landscape Architecture Candidate (MLA)
U ni ve rsi t y of M i nneso ta College of Design
u r b i t a t
The decomissioned ISLAND STATION coal power plant in st. paul, minnesota sits along the post industrial banks of the MISSISSIPPI river. anticipated as the possible new regional headquarters of the national park service, the site called for a program based on the needs of both an office and educational facility while maintaining sensitivity to the fragile ECOLOGICAL regimes which have evolved over the course of the stations existence. site analysis considered the regional biome, national park system, and river corridor contexts as well as FLORA and FAUNA who’ve made the decrepit and degrading site home.
With a program of education and urban habitat augmentation, URBITAT became an exercise in innovative design. from the bottom up, polluted soils were cut, burned, and engineered into a vital LANDBRIDGE connecting the former peninsula with a regional bike trail and forming a storm water BIOCISTERN designed to collect and treat run off from the large industrial complexes adjacent to the site. a network of POLLENATOR attracting rain gardens surround the building promoting the necessities for successful avian habitat. pairing ACTIVE and passive educational opportunites such as a climbing tower, zip line, canoe club and rocket based planting restorations URBITAT re-imagines outdoor learning to respond to the modern child. the defunct power plant is repurposed to house a restaurant, museum, and office space while feeding grey water into an integrated LIVING MACHINE adjacent the building.
Emergent Wetland Emergent Wetland Augmented Shrubland
Climbing Tower / Avian Inquiry
Tiered Bioswale
Zip Line / Urban Runoff Exercise Living Machine / Soil Remediation Pollenator Contemplation Watersport / River Studies Wetland Reflection
Retained Floodplain Forest Living Machine Pollenator Gardens Forested Filtration Protected Wetland Protected Wetland
Launch Pad / Vegetation Research
Augmented Cottonwood Stand Retained Floodplain Forest
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section diagram :: existing vegetation + flood levels
Bike Trail Connection
To Downtown St. Paul And Beyond
Island Station urbitat
Augmented Shrubland
Experiential Bridges
Vital Migratory Bird Habitat
Explore Wetlands Enjoy the Mississippi River
Land Bridge
Tiered Bioswale
Connect the Peninsula Increase Access
Off-Site Industrial Storm Water Emergent Wetland
Re-Purposed Power Plant Pervious Asphalt Parking Lot Perv
Bus Loop Bioswale 100+ Auto Capacity Frontage Road Extended into Bus Loop
Cafe Museum NPS Office Maintenance Concession
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Climbing Tower
Personal Challenge Avian Inquiry
300’ Zip Line
Explore Movement of Water
Pollenator Gardens Wildlife Magnet Human Magnet
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Augmented Cottonwood Stand
Existing Large-Growth Forest Pollenator Attracting Biota Added
Canoe Club
Non-motorized craft safe harbor Swimming Beach Overpass Bridge
Protected Wetland
Vital Habitat Provision Educational Opportunity
Bluffland Experience
Bike Trail Cut Into Bluff Exposed Geomorphology
Launch Pad
Rocket-based Temporal Seeding Solution
Retained Floodplain Forest Bike Trail Connection
Along Missii s s i p p i R i v e r
Vital Habitat Important Role in Flood Regime
Retained Rail Line
Pivoting Bridge Armature Danger to On-Foot Pedestrians Necessary for Barge Traffic
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landbridge concession ed Bioswale Site area Industrial Storm Water ergent Wetland
Land Bridg
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Climbing Tower
Personal Challenge Avian Inquiry
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NPS Office Maintenance Concession
pollenator pacity plaza Extended into Bus Loop gardens
Pollenato
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pedestrian train underpass
Protected Wetland
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Vital Habitat Provision Educational Opportunity
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sculpture sketches
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programming section
concept :: sketches
proposal Q
Used as creative ARTISTS studios at present and formerly a functioning soap FACTORY, this large vacant industrial site propped atop the bluffs of downtown minneapolis required large volume access, cross site movement, and LANDFORM solutions to navigate large grade changes across its width. PROPOSAL Q was developed with these criteria in mind and sought to ENERGIZE this gritty landscape with green. featuring a large plaza gathering space near the rear studio entrance for outdoor gallery display, the plantings and landform radiate outwards from a central point in an ever expanding spiral. a ‘WARP WALL’ follows the curling path morphing from vertical to horizontal from street to plaza.
concept development
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concept :: site plan
site plan :: mixed media
landform section :: mixed media
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physical experimentation
visual exploration
exploded axon :: group project
followwater
This three phase design began in teams, creating a guiding VISION for a 30 mile section of the mississippi river between St. Paul, Minnesota and Prescott, Wisconsin at the confluence with the St. Croix River. This CONFLUENCE became the focus of my personal phase 2 and 3 designs, challenging the idea that an existing park space was the best celebration of such an important hydrologic merge. By repurposing the existing rail and highway INFRASTRUCTURE into pedestrian experiences, the new PEDECO bridge becomes a natural extension of an inward focused downtown and an innovative RAINWATER treatment train.
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guiding vision :: group project
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Proposed Conditions Transportation
Industry
Urban Form
Green Space
Agriculture & Undeveloped
Lakes & Streams
Mississippi River
Landform & Watersheds
Composite
pedestrian ecological bridge
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Stone Wall Stone Wall Channel Channel Vegetation
perspective :: existing
Medium Extensive Green Roof Vegetation Extensive Growing Medium Root Permeable Filter Layer Drainage & Capillary Layer Protection & Storage Layer Waterproofing Liner
Filter Layer
Capillary Layer
Protection Layer Waterproof Liner
Croix River River St. St. Croix
perspective :: proposed
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Textured Concrete Sediment Detention
Tiered Center Treatment Gully
Tiered Center Gully 22’ Treatment Wide 22’ Wide
Textured Concrete Sediment Detention
Pedestrian Board Pedestrian 15’ Wide Boardwalk
15’ Wide
Bridge Clad MetalMetal Cladding
Aqua Chan ActiveActive Channel 20’ Clearance
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Overflow Funnel Overflow Funnel
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Allee Lighting
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Pedeco Bridge
Prescott, WI
Migratory Birds
Evening Allee Lighting Mature Floodplain Forest Vegetation Wet Meadow Vegetation 30th Anniversary Rip Rap Erosion Control
Gabion Walkway
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St. Croix River
Economic Development Focus of St. Paul Bedroom Communities
Highway 61
Highway 61
Mississippi River
follow water 1926-Present
Vision
Standard Corridor
Redundant Corridor
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Eddy Wetland Pedestrian Boardwalk Mississippi River Sediment Deposition
rock weir park
Economic Development Focus of St. Paul Bedroom Communities
Highway 61
Highway 61
Mississippi River
follow water 1926-Present
Vision
Standard Corridor
Redundant Corridor
rock weir park
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follow water
d uwam ish
Over the past 100 years, the DUWAMISH River Valley of Seattle has been violently altered from a meandering river/estuary into an industrial monoculture. POLLUTION levels throughout the waterway have reached TOXIC levels making the fish, crabs, and shellfish inedible, the banks unnatural, and vital habitat non-existent. The vision of the behold: project seeks to re-invest communities in the LIFE of the river, creating homes, opportunities for work and trade, and a vital healthy ecosystem for all. Additionally, this project assumes a paradigm shift to a post-capitalist model, wherein stores begin to move to customers. Providing cities with MOBILE markets designed for shop-boats (think house-boat, but for goods) begins a new paradigm of RESILIENT and sustainable business which can move according to the EBBS & FLOWS of tides and commerce. The New Urbanist paradigm of localized “live/ work” in mixed use residential/commercial hubs suffers from a fatal flaw wherein the residents of the buildings rarely are the employees of the service sector businesses over which they are perched. As such, in the post-capitalist city the very concept of “LIVE/ WORK” will have to be re-evaluated, and the definition of “work” re-defined. The concept of ‘longhouse local’ builds on the communal dwelling history of the tribes of the Pacific Northwest, providing small group residence buildings, INFRASTRUCTURE to house trade and a new CULTURAL structure known as the Orchard House, which can be used as a hub for communities to come together to work. aerial :: duwamish river valley
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program :: existing turning basin
topography :: existing turning basin Existing Topography
Turning Basin #3 Master Restoration N 0’
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Hamm Creek Restoration Project Basin Property Power Transfer Station Turning Basin #3 Restoration Project Boeing Parking Duwamish Waterway
Transport Storage program :: proposed turning basin
Turning Basin #3 Master Restoration Hamm Creek Tidal Estuary Kayak Berth Market & Estuary Parking Power Transfer Station Mooring Market Turning Basin #3 Restoration Project (Expanded Mud Flats) Longhouse Development & Parking Fruit Tree Orchard
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250’
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1/4 Acre Urban Agriculture Plots
topography :: proposed turning basin
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Wingdam Extension Property Edge Duwamish River Outlook Point Kayak Berth Wingdam Extension Estuary Pool 8’ Tidal Land Bridge Hamm Creek Inflow Parking Area Circulation to Market Power Substation Boat Parking Integrating established dock-style architecture and the same vegetated wingdam structures found across the river along the shore of the Boeing plant and newly in the JOHN BEAL TIDAL ESTUARY, this is a space and place truly unique and tailored to life in Seattle.
john beal tidal estuary
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Duwamish River River Bluff Orchard Space Existing Honey Locust Allee Swale to River Circulation Access Orchard House Stormwater Stumpery Trade House Longhouse Development Parking Area Longhouse Development 1/4 Acre Agriculture Plots
The LONGHOUSE LOCAL incorporates 3 acres of orchard space to provide seasonal fruits or nuts to residents, & over 4 acres of urban agriculture lands. This production forms the backbone of a self-sustaining community on space currenly used to park cars.
longhouse local orchard house
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High Tension Power Lines Boat Parking Gangplank Access Vegetated Pilings Open Market Space
Circulation Access Power Substation
Utilizing the hardest edge in the Turning Basin site as a structural anchor and its utilitarian backdrop as a visual beacon, the MOBILE MOORING MARKET can become a place for people, ideas, goods, and cultures to mix on a flexible and ever-changing stage.
mobile mooring market
matthew.a.kessler@gmail.com
712.330.7599
5043 44th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55417
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