“All ou r dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” -Walt Disney
ABOUT ME My studies have exposed me to urban design, best practices for smart growth principles, transit-oriented development, planning strategies for improved public health outcomes in the built environment, urban agriculture, urban food systems planning, and effective strategies for design communications. In professional practice, I have worked with city agencies and private clients on parks and
recreation, commercial and residential projects as designer and project manager and have overseen landscape design projects from inception to installation. I believe that design grounded in sound cultural and contextual consideration yields site speciďŹ c design that is accessible by all, and embraces a community’s heritage while looking toward the future with sustainable design solutions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE COTTON CLUB MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER
Thomas Center
University of Florida (Approximately 1.5 miles)
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Sweetwater Branch Park
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Rosa Parks Transit Center
Depot
SE 9th St.
Community Gardens
SE 8th St.
SE 7th St.
Pace Center for Girls
Springhill Park
SE 7th Ave.
Ave.
SITE Mt. Olive AME
Depot Park & Cade Museum Rosewood Creek Branch
City Tot Lot
Mt. Moriah Church
Williams Elementery School
Church of Christ Springhill Neighborhood Lincoln Middle School
Hawthorne Trail
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To the left are renderings for The Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center. The design team wanted to show how the funds awarded from the Open Spaces Sacred Places grant would be used to create a buttery garden and open art
space outside Gainesville’s historic Cotton Club and below, a vision for a respite under a grove of southern magnolia trees with rocking chairs looking toward the The Storytelling Tree, a heritage oak tree once used by the local residents as a place were local elders would tell the neighborhood children stories.
CITY OF GAINESVILLE SIXTH STREET RAIL TO TRAIL Sixth Street proposed landscape renderings
I had the opportunity to work on landscape design concepts for a Public Works project. It was an over two mile stretch of former CSX railroad corridor that has been turned into a recreational trail. I designed a landscape plan that was didactic and modern while respecting the Florida plant palette. I also completed the construction documents for the northern segment of the project. The landscape plan will be installed early 2015.
Conceptual Design from SW Veitch Street though NW 16th Avenue
Proposed Depot Avenue mini park
Conceptual section for new roadway layout for SW 6th Street
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RIGHT and BELOW: Master plan rendering, planting plan and details of Section 2 Tenth Avenue mini-park landscape design. This is just a small segment of the project I completed the landscape design, and construction documents for. I was the designer and project manager for this amazing project slated for installation Spring 2015. 4" LAYER MIN. #4 GRAY GRANITE GRAVEL CONTRACTOR TO SUBMIT SAMPLE TO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WEED BARRIER
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BIKE PATH CONTRACTED AND DESIGNED BY OTHERS JOINT SEALANT COLOR TO MATCH PAVING 4" OF #4 GRANITE GRAVEL COMPACTED TO 95% PER AASHTO T-99 OR MULCH (SEE PLAN VIEW) 112" BELOW T.O.C.
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BIKE PATH CONTRACTEDCONCRETE AND DESIGNED BY OTHERS PAVER - 6"x36"x2.75".
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UNDISTURBED SOIL NOTES: 1. CONTRACTION JOINT SPACING4" 10'-0" MAXCOMPACTED TO 4'-0" MIN. 100% SUBGRADE PER 2.MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION SHALL MEET THE FDOT STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLICATION 400, SECTION 630 FDOT TYPE D CONCRETE CURB 3. SPACE CONTRACTION JOINT IN UNIFORM LENGTHS OR SECTIONS 4. PLACE 3 4" PREMOLDED EXPANSION JOINT FILLER MATERIAL EVERY 60'. CUT MATERIAL TO CONFORM TO AREA ADJACENT TO CURB OR TO CONFORM TO CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF CURB
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NOTE: 1/4" CONCRETE EDGE OF BIKE PATH DESIGNED AND SPECIFIED BY OTHERS. CONTRACTOR TO VERIFY CONCRETE THICKNESS, TYP. EXPANSION JOINT REINFORCING, BASE COURSE & SUBGRADE PREP. N.T.S. PER GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS MOST RECENT REPORT AND/OR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
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NOTES: 1. CONTRACTION JOINT SPACING 10'-0" MAX TO 4'-0" MIN. 2.MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLICATION 400, SECTION 630 3. SPACE CONTRACTION JOINT IN UNIFORM LENGTHS OR SECTIONS 4. PLACE 3 4" PREMOLDED EXPANSION JOINT FILLER MATERIAL EVERY 60'. CUT MATERIAL TO CONFORM TO AREA ADJACENT TO CURB OR TO CONFORM TO CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF CURB
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N.W. 4th Street
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Concrete pavers to serve as display space with tables and chairs
Blank concrete block wall would be ideal for a mural painting
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TALL PAUL'S BREW HOUSE
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o the left is a rendering for the owners of Tall Paul’s Brew House in Gainesville, Florida. They wished to give their vacant side alley a warmer, more inviting appearance with a
biergarten theme. With strung lights, climbing vines and reused whiskey barrels, the result is a cozy, warm outdoor room that the clients were very pleased with.
HERITAGE OAKS COMMON AREA
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eritage Oaks Homeowners Association (Alachua, Florida) asked for a design concept for the large vacant lot at the center of their community. They wanted a familyfriendly park setting where people could gather for rest or recreation. The design plan incorporated Florida-friendly plants that shade a strong geometric circulation pattern. A large gazebo and a ďŹ re pit provide spaces for gathering. A bocce ball court under a grove of shade trees and a new playground provide spaces for adult- and childfriendly recreation.
THE MOORE RESIDENCE Ocala Florida The clients strongly desired a tropical landscape for their North-Central Florida home, a task not easily achieved. I used a palette of Floridafriendly or native plants to mimic a South Florida landscape with broad leaf plants, cold hardy palm trees and plants with a rich color range.
The Schieffers Residence Baldwin, Florida
Grand, ornamental, and Old Florida are the words these clients used to describe their ideal landscape. The challenge was to create a uniďŹ ed design that had intimate spaces, a grand sense of entry, and lots of color while incorporating all the elements of their program.
THE LEIGHÂGREEN RESIDENCE Miami Florida The clients asked for a design that would help them organize their small backyard while giving them a space where they can barbeque with friends and soften the look of the wood fence that encloses the yard. Hand drawn and rendered with Prismacolor colored pencils.The perspective renderings were modeled in AutoCAD 3D and ďŹ nished in Photoshop.
THE SOLERNOU RESIDENCE Miami Florida This client wanted a backyard that would be a great entertainment space with a tropical landscape backdrop. The design was intended to maximize the small space with a barbeque, outdoor bar and shaded dining area, and an easily maintained Florida-friendly plantings. Designed by hand, redrawn and rendered in Photoshop.
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
As an intern at EDSA (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), I was able to work on several great projects including the conceptual master plan for East Lucaya resort on Grand Bahama (top left), villa renderings for El Gouna (bottom left) and renderings for marketing materials for a development in Coconut Creek in South Florida (above).
Master’s Thesis: Experiential Landscape Design Romancing the Seine: An Exploration into the Experience of Romantic Urban Landscapes
With this study, I explored narrative landscape design and how it can be used as a design device not only to tell a story of a place but it can be used to represent and elicit emotion from the people who use the space. This project researched, and case study was developed in, and the design was inspired by one of the most romantic cities in the world: Paris, France.
GRADUATE DESIGN STUDIO PROJECTS Cofrin Nature Park memorial landscape design, Gainesville, Florida, 2009
Saint Augustine AIA promenade and visitor center, Saint Augustine, Florida, 2009
FROM MY SKETCHBOOK
To see the world and experience its varied cultures. To understand how we got to where we are, and help shape where we are going. To face all challenges with an open mind and persevere. To have passion that reects in my work and all that I do.
This is the meaning of my life.