Apostrophes in the Urban Landscape Landscape Architecture Portfolio
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Table of Contents Marley Station Mall. Glen Burnie, MD. Masters Thesis Selected Drawings
Memorial Park. Washington, DC. MLA Advanced Land Design Studio Project
Musical Garden for Italian Embassy. Washington, DC. MLA Studio Project
“J”-Street. Washington, DC. MLA Studio Project
Hand Drawings
Photography
Modeling
Graphic Work
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Marley Station Mall Glen Burnie, MD
This project examined 127.57-acres of suburban landscape and incorporated nearly 25-acres of green infrastructure into suburban redevelopment of natural and man-made left over spaces.
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2009
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2009
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Marley Station Mall
Marley Creek Watershed and Green Infrastructure
Glen Burnie, MD
Urban Watershed Boundaries
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2 1 1 Marley Creek corridor 2 unnamed tributary of Marley Creek diverted into a pipe 3 bus stop 4 mall parking 5 mall building and indoor pedestrian circulation 6 residential housing 7 Ann’s Dairy shop 8 abandoned automobile repair station 9 land for sale 10 power lines area
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Site: 127.57-acres Pervious: 57.43-acres
Native woodlands
Pollutants
Impervious: 70.14-acres
Maintained landscapes
Parking lots
Mall, roads
Non point
Point
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Marley Station Mall Glen Burnie, MD
Site Opportunities Revitalization Districts
Proposed Revitalization Area
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Circulation
Road/Streatscape Improvement
Residential Housing
Community Gardens Parks
Passive/Active Recreation
Schools
Outdoor Education and Historic Areas Greenways
Green Infrastructure Improvement m.kulchytska@gmail.com
Marley Station Mall Glen Burnie, MD Site Concept
wooded patches 2
parking
indoor circulation
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outdoor circulation 1
history
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14 stream
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leftover spaces
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1 Marley Creek corridor conservation area 2 daylighted stream 3 bus stop shelters 4 primary parking with typical plaza 5 secondary parking with typical plaza 6 green roof 7 Ann’s Dairy shop 8 community garden 9 bike path/boardwalk 10 bike shop 11 historic/education park 12 butterfly garden 13 boulevard with bike lane and sidewalks 14 market place
Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
Phase IV
Secondary parking Plaza Outdoor restaurant/eating area
Primary parking Plaza Butterfly garden Historic/education park Bike shop
Primary parking Plaza Community garden
Secondary parking Plaza Bus stop shelters Stream daylighting Boardwalk/bike path Passive recreation park
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Marley Station Mall Glen Burnie, MD
Outdoor Plaza
Above drawings illustrate concept for outdoor area and plaza. Walkways from parking lead to plaza and mall entrance. Stormwater from parking and rooftop reused for urban needs.
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Memorial Park McMillan Sand Filtration Plant, Washington, DC
“Memory�- the capacity of a substance to return to a previous state or condition after having been altered or deformed Design proposes weaving past and present landscapes while creating new landscape form to support civic habits and wildlife habitat
Undergrounds of McMillan Sand Filtration Plant (photo from the US Army Corps of Engineers)
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Memorial Park McMillan Sand Filtration Plant, Washington, DC
An analysis of historic maps from Library of Congress’s digital collection reveal historic past of McMillan Sand Filtration Plant.
180’ topo line
Past
Unnamed Tributary of Tiber Creek
Present
Past + Present
Tower (180’)
River Birch Alley
Eastern White Pine/ Urban Forest
McMillan Sand Filtration Plant
Unnamed Tributary of Tiber Creek
Trees
180’ topo line
Trees
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Memorial Park McMillan Sand Filtration Plant, Washington, DC
34 New Towers represent historic height (180’ topo line) and mark intersection of present and historic layers. The height (180’) varies due to site’s slope. Each tower provides access from ground level to underground level and offers different opportunities for users: cafes, restaurants, museums, picnic areas, observation areas, bus stops shelters, shops, clock towers and playgrounds.
Plant selection made to provide year-round food, cover and nesting structure for wildlife habitat. Meadows: Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge) Elymus canadensis (canada wild rye) Elymus hystrix (bottlebrush grass) Panicum amarum (coastal panic grass) Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) adapts particularly well to soil containing sand. Design weaves two historic pasts: forest (19th century) and underground architecture of sand filtration plant (20th century).
River Birch (Betula nigra) Design weaves two historic pasts: an unnamed tributary of Tiber Creek (19th century) and sand filtration of water for Washington, DC inhabitants (20th century) and proposes River Birch alley with drinking fountains.
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Memorial Park McMillan Sand Filtration Plant, Washington, DC
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Musical Garden Italian Embassy, Washington, DC
Italian Embassy Building Proposed amphitheater designed to control soil erosion and filter stormwater from rooftop.
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Native plant Northern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) trimmed like Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens).
Rock Creek Park
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entrance to amphitheater and vegetated infiltration area formal part of amphitheater (concrete and lime stone) informal part of amphitheater (combination of grasses and stone) filtered water reused for amphitheater’s water feature entrance to amphitheater, an observation terrace (views of Washington, DC) and a vegetated infiltration area native plant Northern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
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“J” Street
Washington, DC
impervious cover
circulation
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Proposed roadscape improvement
soils
topography
Project examined four central sites within Washington, DC’s quadrants and selected North East quadrant site for proposed “J” Street. Route 295 is located on top of a buried Tributary of Annacostia river and contains alluvium soils, usually found along river banks. Design proposed to improve roadscape of Route 295 and ecological functions of area by excavating urban fill and partially daylighting stream.
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Hand Drawings
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Hand Drawing
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Photography
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Modeling
Leftover Spaces In The Urban Landscape
“Synesthetic Presence�. The Mirror of Design Class
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Graphic Work
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Graphic Work
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