Portfolio

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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1975

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

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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

before

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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