NATHAN BURGESS portfolio
Introduction| Nathan Burgess DESIGN TOOLS | PROCESS My work in graduate school has been characterized by conceptual and technological experimentation within a suite of emerging and traditional design tools. The resulting projects are situated at the boundary between the scientific and the intuitive—bearing the mark of my undergraduate training in environmental science and literary criticism. A common theme within much of this work is the production of landscape by interventions within human and geophysical processes. I have organized the first section of the portfolio in order to highlight my experimentation with the tools of design and the second section to describe how these tools find their way into the process of researching and designing landscapes.
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PROPOSED PHRAGMITES PHYTOSTABILIZATION EXPERIMENT
PROPOSED BIRD NESTING TOWERS
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CASSI DI COLMATA B
T2 LANDFARMING [Bateman Island, LA] A. transport and storage
PRICE: $280
PRICE: $150
PRICE: $260
PRICE: $260
PRICE: $240
PRICE: $200
PRICE: $220
PRICE: $220
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ATLANTIC AVENUE
WATER WORKS
ILLINOIS AVENUE
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SHORT LINE CHANCE PARK PLACE
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FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ON TOP CARD
PRICE: $60
PROPOSED INFORMAL CAMPING AREA II
if a player owns all the lots of any Color Group, the rent is Doubled on Unimproved lots in that group.
BOARDWALK
PAY: $25.00
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PRICE: $350
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ST. CHARLES PLACE ORIENTAL AVENUE
PRICE: $100
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A. transport and storage
LANDFARMING [Bateman Island, LA] B. spreading and bioremediation
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NATURAL CHANNEL/LAGOON INTERFACE
$20 CO AS 0.0 LLE YO 0 SA CT U LA PAS RY S
PRICE: $150
ELECTRIC COMPANY VERMONT AVENUE
PRICE: $120
POPULATION: 1376 HOUSEHOLDS: 542 HOUSES: 648
HIGH MARSH
PRICE: $200
PRICE: $320
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
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STATES AVENUE
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PRICE: $300
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VIRGINIA AVENUE
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VISITING
PROPOSED DREDGE REMEDIATION GARDEN
MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME: $20,625 BELOW POVERTY LINE: 40.1%
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ON TOP CARD
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PRICE: $200
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
MONOPOLY
PRICE: $400
PRICE: $180
ST. JAMES PLACE
NORTH CAROLINA AVENUE
CHANCE PRICE: $180
TENNESSEE AVENUE
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PRICE: $200
NEW YORK AVENUE
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PRICE: $60
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HELL POINT CREEK
CASSI DI COLMATA D/E
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PROPOSED DREDGE SCOTS BUOYS
5x
LOW VALUE COLOR GROUP AND PROPERTY
HIGH VALUE COLOR GROUP
BOARDWALK RENT: $50 WITH 1 HOUSE WITH 2 HOUSES WITH 3 HOUSES WITH 4 HOUSES
RENT: $2 $10. 30. 90. 160.
WITH 1 HOUSE WITH 2 HOUSES WITH 3 HOUSES WITH 4 HOUSES
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WITH HOTEL $250
WITH HOTEL $2000
MORGAGE VALUE $30. HOUSES COST $50. EACH HOTELS, $50. PLUS 4 HOUSES
MORGAGE VALUE $200. HOUSES COST $200. EACH HOTELS, $200. PLUS $ HOUSES
if a player owns all the lots of any Color Group, the rent is Doubled on Unimproved lots in that group.
if a player owns all the lots of any Color Group, the rent is Doubled on Unimproved lots in that group.
RENT: $2
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RENT: $10
$60 + 50 = $110 total cost
RENT: $200
9% of total cost returned per rental
RENT: $30
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READING RAILROAD RENT IF 2 R.R.’s ARE OWNED IF 3 “ ” “ ” “ ” “ ” “ ” IF 4 “ ” “ ” “ ” “ ” “ ” MORTGAGE VALUE
$ 25. 50. 100. 200. $ 100.
COLMATA C (NOT CONSTRUCTED)
ELECTRIC COMPANY If one “utility” is owned rent is 4 times amount shown on dice. If both “utilities” are owned rent is 10 times amount shown on dice Mortgage Value
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NAVIGABLE CHANNEL
$60 + 100 = $160 total cost
$400 + 400 = RENT: $600 $800 75% of total cost returned per rental
19% of total cost returned per rental
$60 + 200 = $260 total cost 62% of total cost returned per rental RENT: $160
12.5% of total cost returned per turn
5x
PROPOSED BOARDWALKS
LANDFARMING [Bateman Island, LA]
$400 + 200 = $600
33% of total cost per rental
OPEN LAGOON
50% of total cost returned per turn
$400 + 800 = $1200 total cost 141% of total cost 100% of total cost returned per rental returned per turn
return = 4x chance roll
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PROPOSED STICK CONSTRUCTION PLAYGROUND
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PROPOSED OBSERVATION TOWER
Storage Treatment Pond
PROPOSED PUSH BUTTON VAPARETTO
1x
RENT: $1700
EXISTING DREDGE/BARENA EDGE return=10 x chance roll
5x
EXISTING PORT (15’ depth)
EXISTING VALLE DE PESCA
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SALT WATER
ON-GOING BARENA CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
MID 20th CENTURY DREDGE CHANNELS NET NORTHERLY LONGSHORE CURRENT
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25% of total cost returned per turn
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PROPOSED FORESTRY EXPERIMENT
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RENT: $50
8% of total cost returned per rental
3% of total cost returned per rental
C1
$200. 600. 1400. 1700.
INITIAL COST: 400$
INITIAL TOTAL COST: 60$
PROPOSED DREDGE REMEDIATION GARDEN
LANDFARMING [Bateman Island, LA] C. scraping and restoring
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CANALE MALAMOCCO (15’ depth)
HISTORICAL TOPOGRAPHY p. 38
CARNIVOROUS NURSERY p. 46
MARKET INFORMATICS p. 56
Introduction| Nathan Burgess
DESIGN PROCESS
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Design Toolbox | Diagram
ANALOG DIAGRAM | ANATOMY OF A BARRIER ISLAND ink, Thesis Design Research/Regenerative Technologies, Fall 2012 advisor: Brian Osborn, critic: Matthew Jull, Theresa Gali (based on Reinson, 1992)
pre-development
These hand drawn block diagrams helped to quickly record my understanding of barrier island ecology for my thesis research on coastal morphological modeling in designing for sea level rise adaptation at Sandbridge Beach, VA.
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post-development
landward mlgration
design toolbox | diagram
This diagrammatic axon proposes an idealized model for a new residential community on a barrier island. The “overwash parks� between neighborhoods allows the island to adjust to sea level rise. The model proposes a rotating land occupation, where the dune-fronting properties move to the lagoon side every 70 years.
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DIGITAL DIAGRAM | ATCHAFALAYA LANDSCAPES OF RISK Adobe Illustrator and Rhinoceros3D (Grasshopper Plugin) ParadoxCity Studio: New Orleans, Fall 2011, critic: Jorg Sieweke (data from NOAA, National Flood Insurace)
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This diagram synthesizes research into the geophysical and social rules of the life-or-death game of ring-levee town property ownership at the base of the Morganza floodway. The representation also features (and evokes the design process of) diagrams generated parametrically with Grasshopper (roulette boards).
design toolbox | diagram
HYBRID DIAGRAM | ATCHAFALAYA LANDSCAPES OF RISK chipboard, Rhinocerus 3D, Grasshopper plugin ParadoxCity Studio: New Orleans, Fall 2011, critic: Jorg Sieweke This hybrid diagramming process took advantage of newly acquired understanding of parametric modeling to streamline a collaborative workflow. My collaborator could scan physical diagrams in chipboard (left) and I created a script to convert these diagrams to digital block diagrams for use in our project.
Ijsseloog
bioswale
polder
moat
alluvial fan
remediation field
crevasse
superlevee
oxbow lake
check dam
levee
windrow
Ijsseloog (collaborative)
levee
design toolbox | diagram
This diagrammatic model solved the challenge of representing the distinction between non-physical geopolitical space (acrylic) and topographic space (chipboard). The geopolitical plane illustrates two approaches to living in the delta: narrower French parcels aggregate along naturally high ground while the Jeffersonian grid extends through the lowlands.
HYBRID DIAGRAMMATIC MODEL | HISTORIC ATCHALAYA LEVEE SETTLEMENT laser-cut chipboard and laser-etched acrylic, cardboard, wood ParadoxCity Studio: New Orleans, Fall 2011, critic: Jorg Sieweke (collaborative)
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Design Toolbox | Map
(MOSTLY) ANALOG MAP | HUMAN ECOLOGY OF THE VENICE LAGOON ink (drawn over a digital aerial collage) ParadoxCity Studio: Venice, Spring 2012, critic: Jorg Sieweke
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design toolbox | map
Inspired by the representation of Raumlabor and my work as an illustrator prior to graduate school at Earth magazine, this drawing helped me frame the novel human ecology of the Venice lagoon as my collaborator and I began conceptual design exploration for land “reclaimed� by the Port of Marghera at Cassa di Colmata B.
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DIGITAL MAP | ATCHAFALAYA LANDSCAPES OF RISK ArcGIS and Adobe Illustrator ParadoxCity Studio: New Orleans, Fall 2011, critic: Jorg Sieweke
chance roll
chance roll
1x
5x
LANDFARMING [Bateman Island, LA]
Storage Treatment Pond 1x
5x
LANDFARMING [Bateman Island, LA] A. transport and storage
PRICE: $280
PRICE: $150
PRICE: $260
PRICE: $260
PRICE: $240
PRICE: $200
PRICE: $220
PRICE: $220
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TITLE DEED
MARVIN GARDENS
VENTOR AVENUE
ATLANTIC AVENUE
WATER WORKS
ILLINOIS AVENUE
B&O RAILROAD
INDIANA AVENUE
KENTUCKY AVENUE
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MELVILLE PRICE: $300 PRICE: $300
NORTH CAROLINA AVENUE COMMUNITY CHEST
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PRICE: $180
ST. JAMES PLACE
NORTH CAROLINA AVENUE
CHANCE PRICE: $180
TENNESSEE AVENUE
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PRICE: $200
NEW YORK AVENUE
MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME: $20,625 BELOW POVERTY LINE: 40.1%
PRICE: $200
SHORT LINE CHANCE
COMMUNITY CHEST BALTIC AVENUE
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MEDITERRANEAN AVENUE
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PAY 10% OR $200
VISITING PRICE: $120
PRICE: $100
PRICE: $100
PRICE: $200
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ON TOP CARD
PRICE: $60
if a player owns all the lots of any Color Group, the rent is Doubled on Unimproved lots in that group.
PAY: $25.00
LUXURY TAX
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INCOME TAX
POPULATION: 1376 HOUSEHOLDS: 542 HOUSES: 648
PRICE: $400
$2 C 0 O AS 0.0 LLE YO 0 S CT U AL PA AR SS Y
PRICE: $140
ST. CHARLES PLACE
BOARDWALK
PRICE: $150
ELECTRIC COMPANY READING RAILROAD
ORIENTAL AVENUE
5x
PRICE: $350
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PRICE: $140
STATES AVENUE VERMONT AVENUE
A. transport and storage
LANDFARMING [Bateman Island, LA] B. spreading and bioremediation PARK PLACE
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PRICE: $160
VIRGINIA AVENUE
CHANCE CONNECTICUT AVENUE
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PRICE: $320
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
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PRICE: $200
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
MONOPOLY
design toolbox | map
This map begins with the metaphor of Monopoly, and its anti-capitalist predecessor, The Landowners Game, to spatialize the processes that have incentivized land development in flood and contamination-prone areas.
PRICE: $60
1x
5x
HIGH VALUE COLOR GROUP
RENT: $2 $10. 30. 90. 160.
BOARDWALK RENT: $50 WITH 1 HOUSE WITH 2 HOUSES WITH 3 HOUSES WITH 4 HOUSES
WITH HOTEL $250
WITH HOTEL $2000
MORGAGE VALUE $30. HOUSES COST $50. EACH HOTELS, $50. PLUS 4 HOUSES
MORGAGE VALUE $200. HOUSES COST $200. EACH HOTELS, $200. PLUS $ HOUSES
if a player owns all the lots of any Color Group, the rent is Doubled on Unimproved lots in that group.
if a player owns all the lots of any Color Group, the rent is Doubled on Unimproved lots in that group.
INITIAL TOTAL COST: 60$
READING RAILROAD RENT IF 2 R.R.’s ARE OWNED IF 3 “ ” “ ” “ ” “ ” “ ” IF 4 “ ” “ ” “ ” “ ” “ ” MORTGAGE VALUE
$ 25. 50. 100. 200. $ 100.
ELECTRIC COMPANY If one “utility” is owned rent is 4 times amount shown on dice. If both “utilities” are owned rent is 10 times amount shown on dice Mortgage Value
$
175
1x
RENT: $50
3% of total cost returned per rental
$60 + 50 = $110 total cost
9% of total cost returned per rental
RENT: $30
$200. 600. 1400. 1700.
INITIAL COST: 400$
RENT: $2
RENT: $10
LANDFARMING [Bateman Island, LA] C. scraping and restoring
TITLE DEED
TITLE DEED
MEDITERRANEAN AVE WITH 1 HOUSE WITH 2 HOUSES WITH 3 HOUSES WITH 4 HOUSES
LOW VALUE COLOR GROUP AND PROPERTY
$60 + 100 = $160 total cost
19% of total cost returned per rental
$60 + 200 = RENT: $160 $260 total cost 62% of total cost returned per rental
8% of total cost returned per rental
RENT: $200
12.5% of total cost returned per turn
5x
LANDFARMING [Bateman Island, LA]
$400 + 200 = $600
33% of total cost per rental
$400 + 400 = RENT: $600 $800 75% of total cost returned per rental
25% of total cost returned per turn
50% of total cost returned per turn
$400 + 800 = RENT: $1700 $1200 total cost 141% of total cost 100% of total cost returned per rental returned per turn
return = 4x chance roll
Storage Treatment Pond 1x
return=10 x chance roll
5x
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ANALOG DIAGRAM | SANDBRIDGE BEACH, VA ArcMap, ArcScene, ink, Thesis Design Research, Spring 2013 advisor: Brian Osborn, critic: Matthew Jull, Theresa Gali (based on Reinson, 1992)
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design toolbox | map
Design Toolbox | Model
ANALOG SECTION MODEL | GEOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF CASSA DI COLMATA B cardboard, chipboard, paper, nails, sand ParadoxCity Studio: Venice, Spring 2012, critic: Jorg Sieweke This collaboratively constructed section model of Cassa di Colmata B represents the relationship of a distinctive layer of clay in the Venetian lagoon and its impact on the formation of the intricate network of channels within the lagoon. Carving the channels by hand from aerial photographs imparted a visceral understanding of morphological change.
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This project curated the morphological change of a large lump of nourishment sand placed off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia. This simple sand table helped to visualize how a lunar calendar of data-collecting buoys might serve as a datum and palimpsest for a periodic nourishment ritual. My thesis research uses a simple morphological model, the Coastal Evolution Model for a similar purpose.
design toolbox | model
ANALOG PROCESS MODEL | WILLOUGHBY SPIT MOONSCAPE cardboard, chipboard, paper, nails, sand Foundation Studio II: Spring 2011, critic: Dr. Kristina Hill
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DIGITAL MODEL | BUOYS AND COASTAL MORPHOLOGY rhinoceros 3D, photoshop (rendering) Foundation Studio II, Spring 2011, critic: Kristina Hill
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design toolbox | model
HYBRID PLAN | FACE PLAYGROUND Ink, AutoCAD Earthwork, Spring 2011, critic: Jen Trompetter This project explored translation of topographic data from clay to an ink contour plan (middle) to AutoCAD (right) and a digital model.
design toolbox | model
HYBRID FABRICATED MODEL | ASCLEPIUS HIGH FLOW DISTRIBUTOR Soft Surface Operations, Fall 2011, critic: Lucia Phinney This mechanical model of a milkweed pod responded to changes in fluid flow by opening or closing. This design project developed into a broader project researching the aerodynamics of milkweed pods in an environmental science course in fluid mechanics.
Rhino3D + Grasshopper Plugin + Firefly Plugin + Arduino Microprocessor: Responsive Digital Model
Ink: Milkweed Pod, Mechanical Diagram
Acrylic + Rhino3D + Laser Cutter + Arduino Microprocessor + Water Flow Sensor + Servos: Fabricated Mechanical Milkweed Model
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Design Toolbox | Plan, Section, Axon
ANALOG SECTION | OBSERVATORY HILL WASTEWATER REMIX graphite Foundation Studio I, Fall 2010, critic: Nancy Takahashi This section depicts a proposal for converting two unused water treatment storage ponds at the University of Virginia into an amphitheater and constructed wetland. The bald cypress in this hand-drafted section reflects my parallel exploration of planted form and ecology in a plant identification course that semester. I still find that hand drawing provides the most flexible, efficient and elegant means of representing the detailed form of trees and shrubs.
design toolbox | section, plan, axon
ANALOG ANALYTICAL AXONOMETRIC| BENCH CONSTRUCTION ON THE HIGHLINE graphite Site Assembly, Fall 2010, critic: Zaneta Hong
This analytical axonometric was developed from sketches and notes taken in the field at the Highline in Brooklyn, NY.
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DIGITAL SECTION PERSPECTIVE | OBSERVATORY HILL CREMAINS GARDEN Adobe Photoshop and Rhino3D Foundation Studio I, Fall 2010, critic: Nancy Takahashi This section perspective from my first studio project of graduate school synthesizes newly acquired techniques of digital modeling in Rhino3D with collaging techniques in Adobe Photoshop. The reflecting pool in the section perspective rests on a surface intended to erode over time. I proposed that family of persons used as medical cadavers for the University could place small, compostable memorial items in the reflecting pool.
DIGITAL PLAN | CASSA DI COLMATA RECREATIONAL MASTERPLAN Adobe Photoshop ParadoxCity Studio: Venice, Spring 2012, critic: Jorg Sieweke
EDGE OF 1960s PORT EXPANSION PROPOSAL
IDROVIA MOUTH PROPOSED INFORMAL CAMPING AREA I
PROPOSED HABITAT AREA/CORRIDOR PROPOSED PHRAGMITES PHYTOSTABILIZATION EXPERIMENT
PROPOSED BIRD NESTING TOWERS
CASSI DI COLMATA B
PROPOSED DREDGE REMEDIATION GARDEN
design toolbox | section, plan, axon
CASSI DI COLMATA A TREATMENT WETLAND
PROPOSED INFORMAL CAMPING AREA II
CASSI DI COLMATA D/E PROPOSED DREDGE SCOTS BUOYS PROPOSED DREDGE REMEDIATION GARDEN
COLMATA C (NOT CONSTRUCTED)
NAVIGABLE CHANNEL
PROPOSED FORESTRY EXPERIMENT PROPOSED STICK CONSTRUCTION PLAYGROUND
PROPOSED BOARDWALKS
This proposal for reclaimed land in the Venetian lagoon imagines an island where human and non-human squatters have equal right to use the land. These agents include fishermen, endangered birds, phytoremediating plants, and tourists from Venice.
PROPOSED OBSERVATION TOWER PROPOSED PUSH BUTTON VAPARETTO
EXISTING DREDGE/BARENA EDGE
EXISTING PORT (15’ depth)
EXISTING VALLE DE PESCA
CANALE MALAMOCCO (15’ depth) EXISTING NAVIGABLE CHANNEL ON-GOING BARENA CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS N
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HYBRID PLAN | THE FLOOD THEATER Adobe Photoshop, ArcGIS, Illustrator, graphite | UVA Vortex Competition, faculty advisor: Lucia Phinney In the spring of 2013, I led a team of 10 undergraduates and graduates in a school-wide competition considering the future of a river in the town of Charlottesville. Our team proposed a disturbance regime whereby a series of enormous concrete spheres would move through the Rivanna River lowlands, carving new paths through the landscape.
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design toolbox | section, plan, axon
DESIGN PROCESS | ACADEMICAL VILLAGE HISTORICAL TOPOGRAPHY Client: UVA Office of the Architect; Supervisor: Mary Hughes, UVA Landscape Architect Cultural Landscape Report Fellowship, Summer 2012
RESEARCH AND ORGANIZATION | DATA FOR MULTIPLE CLIENTS This research was conducted in preparation for the University of Virginia’s 2012-2013 Cultural Landscape Report. The Office of the Landscape architect asked me and another Cultural Landscape Report Fellow to construct a series of digital models to show changes to the University of Virginia’s topography over time. We created topographic models for the years 1896, 1909, 1945, and 2012. These models synthesized data from existing historical contour maps, sections, spot elevations, and aerial photographs. In addition to purely documenting the site, the process of designing these models allowed us to fill in some of the historical narrative. For example, we were able to describe the topography within the Rotunda Annex’s rampart walls—filling in a blank in the historical record. We carefully organized our research process and products so that they would be used by multiple clients: the Office of the Architect, Facilities Management, and the Cultural Landscape Report consulting firm. We chose ArcGIS and ArcScene as a platform for developing this model because of the power of its toolset and because it was used by each of our clients.
3D TOPO DATA: ORGANIZATION Reference Basemaps
Resources
Reference Shapefiles
Primary Generated Content
Working Files
Secondary Generated Content
Documentation/analysis sources: summary and limitations
georeferenced maps (raster)
major synthetic and interpretive moves historic spot elevations (shapefile)
Buildings (MultiPatch)
paths, building footprints (shapefile)
Interpoloated & 3D contours (.shp)
contours and elevations (shapefile)
written accounts
ArcMap (.mxd)
Draped paths, extruded walls and stairs (MultiPatch)
notes TIN metadata VRML
historic photographs ArcScene (.sxd) historic maps
cultural landscape survey maps
(c. 1896)
Rhino3D
(c. 1909) archaeological spot elevations
(c. 1945) (c. 2012)
.3DS
ArcGIS Rhino3D Other
Design Process | Historical Topography
RESEARCH AND ORGANIZATION | DIGITIZING HISTORICAL MAPS
McKim, Mead and White 1896 contour map (UVA Facilities Management)
An ArcMap .shp file was created for contour data from georeferenced maps.
1909 Anonymous Contour Map (UVA Special Collections)
1909 map (digitized, collaborative)
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For the 1896 model, spot elevations obtained from pre-construction survey points in architectural elevations and sections were combined with elevations from a partial contour map from that year.
Spot elevations were interpolated in ArcGIS to help recreate the topography of ground that is today occupied by academic buildings and other landscape features.
1. annex c. 1895 after rotunda fire (UVA Special Collections)
2. northeast annex stairs before rotunda fire (UVA Special Collections)
3. northeast annex stairs before rotunda fire (UVA Special Collections)
1. ArcScene model
Design Process | Historical Topography
3D MODELING AND HISTORIC PHOTOS | ITERATIVE TESTING AND REFINEMENT
2. ArcScene model
2. ArcScene model
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HISTORIC TOPOGRAPHY | 1896
Discovery: an occupiable earthwork existed within the Rotunda Annex’s rampart walls
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Design Process | Historical Topography
HISTORIC TOPOGRAPHY | 1909
Discovery: stairs on the southwest side of the Academical illage’s extended southern terrace existed in 1909 and were part of an unfinished pergola wing to the adjacent academic building.
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DESIGN PROCESS | CVILLE CARNIVORES NURSERY Studio Critic: Julie Bargmann Planted Form and Function, Spring 2012
Shrub
Buxus sempervirens (Boxwood, naturalized) Crataegus species (Hawthorn)
Physocarpus opulifolius (Nine bark) Viburnum prunifolium (Black-Haw)
Myrica cerifera (southern waxmyrtle) Rhododendron maximum (Great Rhododendron)
Ground Cover
SITE RESEARCH AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN | ARBY’S PARKING LOT TO CARNIVOROUS NURSERY Buxus sempervirens (Boxwood, naturalized) Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s Phlox stolonifera (Creeping Phlox) The goal of this project wasBreeches) to design a nursery and display garden Crataegus species (Hawthorn) Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus (Joe-pye weed) Geranium maculatum (Wild Geranium) on a parcel ofvirginica land (Virginia adjacent to Rt. 29 in Charlottesville, VA—the of (Cattail) an Arby’s restaurant and an abandoned gasGelsemium station.sempervirens The idea(Carolina Jasmine) Mertensia Bluebells) Typhasite species Carex crinita (Long Hair Sedge) Anemone quinquefolia (Wood Anemone) Chrysogonum virginianum (Green and Gold) for a carnivorous plant nursery came as a response to the existing site use by human “carnivores.” The section below (Adobe Illustrator) was produced as a group mapping exercise for existing vegetation on the site. P
MESIC URBAN LAWN
HYDRIC RIPARIAN CORRIDOR
MESIC WOODLAND
As the site of a former gas station and a current fast-food operation, the limited unpaved area exhibits a monoculture of lawn grass with a small wooded area. Non-lawn vegetation consists of Japanese honeysuckle, a sub-canopy featuring plants such as Autumn Olive, and a canopy of pine trees.
The current riparian corridor exhibits weedy, invasive and some native plantscommon to disturbed and degraded sites, including sycamore and mimosa. The wetland ecology bears the imprint of human disturbance from nearby sites as well as the disconnection produced by the concretized stream channel.
The woodland on the site encompasses a west-facing slope with a dense ground and shrub layer and areas of somewhat full canopy. Canopy and the understory here are patchy at best, but well-formed dogwood and tulip poplar specimens stand out. Birds, insects, and roads and residences. Cornus florida Pinus echinata
Platinus occidentalis Albizi julibrissin
Stellaria media Robinia psuedoacacia Liriodendron tulipifera.
Pinus strobus 550
Pinus virginiana
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Lonicera japonica
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Acer rubrum Mahonia bealei
Hedera helix
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Elaeagnus umbellata
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Design Process | Carnivorous Nursery
Diagramming sightlines and existing site vegetation (below, ink and colored pencel) helped to structure the initial design proposal for the nursery. After creating a schematic palette and a consulting with a local expert, I accomodated the needs of carnivous plants by designing the canopy to allow stock and display plants to receive strong sunlight yearround and to prevent leaf litter from entering the display bogs.
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SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND RESEARCH
Sequential sections (ink, graphite) through the initial site plan were used to refine the initial design concept with regard to existing site topography and enclosure/sunlight.
Design Process | Carnivorous Nursery
SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND RESEARCH PARKING
PARKING
Q. rubra P. echinata
A. rubrum
PARKING
P. echinata A. rubrum
MEADOWBROOK RD
EMMET ST / US-29
MEADOWBROOK RD
EMMET ST / US-29
A. julibrissin R. pseudoacacia
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A. rubrum
P. occidentalis
A. rubrum Q. montana
P. strobus
A. rubrum
430
A. julibrissin
EMMET ST / US-29
A. julibrissin
F. grandifolia
A. rubrum
A. julibrissin A. julibrissin
MEADOWBROOK RD
L. tulipifera
B
A. rubrum
C A. rubrum 470
D PARKINGP. strobus
PARKING 450
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MISSISSIPPI QUEEN
Pinus palustris | longleaf pine
CANOPY
100’ 100’
LOUISIANA EASTERN HILLSIDE SEEPAGE BOG
B L
10’
H Z 0’
Native Range: Native Texas to Southeastern Virginia in deep, coarse, acidic, sandy soils. Key species in the Longleaf Pine Savannah ecosystem type. Duration: Perennial Bloom: Jan, Dec Habit: Erect tree with long needled plume at considerable height. Notes: Tapped for turpentine and resin and logged for construxtion timbers and pulpwood. Prune to maintain shape and fertilize 3 times a year. Noted as part of the Eastern Hill. Seep. Bog.
Nyssa sylvatica | Blackgum 100’
B L
10’
M H
Native Range: Found native throughout the east and midwest. Found on well-drained, finer soils on low ridges or alluvial slopes near streams. Habit: Medium to large tree Notes: Typelo leaf miner and forest tent caterpillar are notable pests.
HIGH-END CARNIVOROUS NURSERY MAIL-ORDER DISTRIBUTION CENTER BOTANICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY LEARNING GARDEN
SWEET TEA PLEASE 100’
B L F
10’
H 0’ 100’
Native Range: Native Texas to Southern Deleware in acidic, wet soils: muck, clay, fine sand. Key species in the Longleaf Pine Savannah ecosystem type. Duration: Perennial Bloom/Fruit: Perennial, Mid Spring/Summer Habit: Conical Tree Notes: Wood used for construction purposes. Seeds eaten by turkey, ducks, waterfowl. Domes provide watering opportunities for birds and mammals.
B
Alnus serrulata | smooth alder
L
Native Range: Northern Florida to Southern Maine, growing best in moist bot-
SUBCANOPY
100’
B
0’
B
M H
B
10’
Native Range: Fast-growing tree with multiple leaders. Found in wet soil along stream corridors and pond margins, tolerant of clay, loam, sand, slightly acidic soil Duration: Perennial Bloom: March-April Fall color:Yellow Size: 35-75 ft
Native Range: Common in swamps, marshes, and ditches in the deep south. Hardy zone 7-11. Size: 7-10’ Note: Leaves look like marijuana.
Native Range: Native Texas through the mid-atlantic, found in wet acidic soils in Virginia carnivorous bogs. Habit: erect grass Bloom: Notes:
10’
0’
Typha species Cattails
B
Native range: Lower 48 on acidic, well drained soil, prefers shade and mountain
B
10’
M H
B
SHRUB
B
H
Native range: Acidic wamps/bogs in gulf Coast states (anec-
Native Range: Canada to Pennsylvania in moist soils associated with peat bogs. Cultivar does well in zone 6 and 7. Habit: Densely pyramidal coniferous tree Bloom: Notes: Forms stands with black spruce in the north around bogs that feature Sarracenia Purpurea.
Larix laricina | Tamarack larch Native Range: Canada to West Virginia Habit: Conical deciduous coniferous tree Bloom: Notes: Forms stands with black spruce in the north around bogs that feature Sarracenia Purpurea.
B
10’
Native range: Acidic wamps/bogs in gulf Coast states (anec-
Native range: Tall fern that grows in woods of VA, West Virginia. Duration: Deciduous Notes: I think this was the fern that turned a glorious yellow on my visit to the bogland at Dolly Sods, WV, in fall 2010
10’
B
10’
BL M
Native Range: Native in the lower 48 states, not tolerant of basic soils, or salt or too much shade. Habit: Shrub to subcanopy Bloom: June-August Notes: Provides nesting and food for many birds. Many mammals eat the fruit or eat the red twigs.
Nepenthes species | Tropical pitcher plant 100’
10’
H
Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken fern
100’
Native Range: Western bracken fern is native to most of the United States, though it is considered a weed in some areas. In many states, however, the brackenfern is endangered or threatened. Habit: Bloom: Size: Bracken ferns can get up to 7’ tall and function solidly in the shrub
10’
LB 10’
B
H H
Native: Texas to Virginia, found in acidic bog soils in the south. Habit: Erect, bunching grass form Bloom: Brown, Spring Notes: Needs 230 frost free days and is intolerant of shade. It can’t survive below 7 degrees farenheight.
0’
B L
10’
Native fange: Florida to North Carolina; faces significant habitat pressure Habit: Bloom: Note: controversy exists over whether jonesii is a subspecies of S. rubra.
H
10’
H
H H
0’
10’
H
H
Native Range: Louisiana to Canada, acidic ponds and muddy
0’
H
Native Range:Texas to Maryland found in acidic bogs Duration: Perennial-Annual Form: Forb/herb Bloom: March Notes:
H
Native Range: Eastern Louisiana to North Carolina, moist,
100’
aciic, sandy coastal pinelands and savannas Bloom: March-May, temperature dependent
Habit: Notes:
10’
Polytrichum commune | Hair cap moss 100’
B
10’
shade tolerant
10’
sedge and cattail leaf litte
H
Deep rooted and prone to fungii. Difficult to grow in quantity.
Sarracenea purpurea | Purple Pitcher 100’
B
10’
H
10’
B
H
Duration: Notes: See P. primuliflora
B
10’
H
partial shade Notes: attracts butterflies (Boloria eunomia). Don’t pant with bog plants. Use a separate area for stones and cranberries.
H
Native Range: Alabama to Virginia Duration: Perennial Form: Herb Bloom: April-June Notes: Difficult to grow. Rob S. Says no to this
plant crowns to reduce rot. Rob S. suggests planting pitchers in clumps within a field of sphagnum. For bog soils use peat moss with a pH of ~4.
B
Native range: Texas to Nova Scotia, in ponds and ditches, wet, acidic, still water
10’
H
Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Bloom: Yellow, May-Nov Note:Poisonous seed and flowers! Consumes Mosquito larvae.
0’
10’
Native Range: Native to sandy moist, basic pinelands, bogs, and ditches
in the Southeast US. Requires poor, acidic soils Bloom: White, one of the first to flower in spring Notes: Genus name refers to the slimy upper surface and leaves. Buy in tissue culture and sell cheaply.
Drosera filliformis | Threadleaf sundew 100’
B
10’
H
Native Range: Florida to Newfoundland, acidic, wet, sandy, coastal
areas
Bloom: Lavendar rose flowers, June - Sept Habit: Perennial Notes: Forms an unusual groundcover. Rob S. suggests sprinkling in with Sarracenia sp. Rob S. says D. filliformis is easy to propagate.
0’
Utricularia inflata | Floating bladderwort
100’
B
10’
H 0’
Habit: Bloom: Notes: Takes 2-1/2 years to grow. Use regular well water.
Utricularia radiata | Small floating bladderort 100’
Pinguicula primuliflora | Primrose butterwort B
0’
Sphagnum species | Sphagnum moss
Native Range: Southwest Australia. Unable to tolerate low calcium
water.
0’
B
10’
100’
Bloom: Note:
Cephalotus follicularis | Albany pitcher plant 100’
Native Range: Florida to North and South Carolina, moist or aquatic habitats Bloom: light lavendar to blue
Pinguicula breviflora |Dwarf sundew 100’
Native Range: Georgia to New Jersey. Unusual species found at acidic seeps in the Blue Ridge mountains. Habit: Pitcher
0’
Pinguicula caerulea | Blue butterwort 100’
H 0’
Native Range: Florida to North Carolina Habit: Pitcher Bloom: March, April, May Notes: Plant bacteria for digesting flesh may also provide nitrogen-fixing abilities.
0’
Native Range: VA native, grows in bogs and similar acidic moist soils in sun or
Native range: large wetland moss, decays to form peat moss, found in bogs. Notes: Fine to plant with Sarracenia and other species. Keep pulled away from
Native: Lower 48 states and Canada, drought intolerant and Size/texture: One of four mosses available for gardening uses. Notes: Moderately pollutant tolerant.
30 cm 100’
Native Range: Lower 48 states Bloom: green Size/texture: coarse textured graminoid, grows in clumps. Notes: aquatic Utricularia (i.e. U. minor, intermedia, stygia) benefit from
10’
0’
H
100’
Carex atlantica | Prickly bog sedge 100’
Sarracenia minor | Hooded Pitcher
Oxycoccus erythrocarpus | American Cranberry
0’
0’
sedge and cattail leaf litter
M H
one, but I think it can go in the terrarium garden.
0’
Pinguicula lutea | yellow butterwort B
stock plants on the slope.
0’
L
10’
growth and sales.
0’
10’
Drosera capillaris | Pink sundew 100’
streams
Duration: Annual Bloom: Purple, Jul-Sep Note: Threatend in Maryland; Rob S. suggests this plant for stock
Habit: Bloom: Notes: Can be used as an outdoor plant. Buy in tissue-culture.
Notes: aquatic Utricularia (i.e. U. minor, intermedia, stygia) benefit from 10’
0’
Native Range: Native to VA, grows in acidic, moist soils, sun-shade. Size/form: Low shrub Foliage: red green in spring to blue green in summer to maroon purple in fall. Notes: Blueberries are awesome. Rob S. suggests planting as a border above
Dionaea muscipula | Venus flytrap LB
Utricularia purpurea | Purple bladderwort B
Native Range: Native to U.S. 48 and Canada, found from California to Oregon in coastal bogs and along mountain streams and seeps near cold running water Habit: Subshrub Bloom: Bloom: April-August, Perennial Notes: Cold terrarium only.
Carex scoparia | Broom sedge
Vaccinium species | Blueberry 100’
H
Native Range: Indigenous to the coastal plane of North and South Carolina, grow in humid, wet, sunny warm bogs.
100’
Native Range: Found throughout the east on the edge of forests and distrubed areas. Bloom: light lavendar to blue Bloom: warm season grass Notes: Found in all of Louisiana’s Major Land Resource Areas except for Gulf Coast Marshes. Use plants from within 100-300 miles of the site. Feeds birds and mammals.
Suitable only for greenhouse conditions. Limited sales potential. Purchase enough for display and high-end customers.
100’
Note:
0’
Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge bluestem B
H M
Native Range: Native to central Virginia. Semi-evergreen to evergreen. Grows in moist, acidic soils, sandy to clay loam. Habit: Shrub Bloom: Beautiful, leathery white flowers open in the morning and close at night for several days each year. Apr-July
0’
0’
L B
B
H M
Sarracenia rubra | Red Pitcher 100’
B
layer.
10’
H
Cyperus haspans | Haspan flatsedge L B
Native: Grows in humid jungles of southeast Asia. Habit: Bloom: Notes: Grows on large vines; one of the largest pitcher plant species.
Darlintonia californica | Cobra lilly 100’
Magnolia virginiana | Sweet bay
0’
Native Range: Alabama to Florida to Southern Virginia (coastal plane) Habit: Pitcher Bloom: Spring Note:
0’
0’
B
0’
Sarracenia flava | Yellow Pitcher 100’
plants versus plants cut form the wild. Popular for horticultural display.
M H
Size: Large shrub 6-10 feet high Notes: Sometimes used with willows for stream bank stabilization.
0’
BF
M H
dotal evidence of species in Virginia)
Habit: Pitcher Bloom: Produces two pitcher crops, mid-spring and late summer. Note: White top interveined with red or purple. Find propagated
Native Range: Cornus amomum is adapted from Florida to maine, performing best in moist, poorly drained, moderately acidic soils.
Cornus sericea | Red Osier Dogwood 100’
100’
100’
0’
LB
SUBSHRUB
LIGHT
0’
Sarracenia leucophylla | White-topped Pitcher
GROUND
MOISTURE
Cornus amomum | Silky dogwood
100’
M H
Dennstaedtia punctilobula | Hayscented fern
dotal evidence of species in Virginia)
Habit: Pitcher Bloom: March-April Note: In native locations, one of the tallest pitcher plants at 3-6’.
0’
0’
M H
10’
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10’
10’
LB
10’
0’
BL
10’
Native Range: Found throughout the eastern half of the United States in me-
10’
H M
100’
100’
dium textured soils tending toward acidic soils.
wide range of pHs. The plant is slightly tolerant of salinity.
Bloom: spring Note: Will tolerate hedging
Sarracenia alata | Pale Pitcher
10’
Native Range: New Hampshire to Florida. Found in flood plains and swamps Habit: Peeling bark and a spreading form. Bloom: Note
Size: Heigh at 20 years, 25 feet. Shade tolerant species.
Native range: Native to Virginia, grows in fine to coarse textured soils and a
10’
0’
100’
Betula nigra | Alternate leaf dogwood
Cornus alternifolia | Alternate leaf dogwood 100’
woods.
Size/shape: 6-20 ft tall, coarse, thick texture. Bloom: Pink, purple, Apr-Jun Notes: Propagate with sphagnum moss and germinate under a mist.
Morella cerifera | Waxmyrtle 100’
from sedge and cattail leaf litter
10’
M H
0’
Notes: aquatic Utricularia (i.e. U. minor, intermedia, stygia) benefit 10’
100’
LB 10’
0’
Rhododendron catawbiense | Catawba 100’
0’
100’
10’
100’
0’
H M
0’
100’
Z
0’
0’
Saccharum giganteum | giant plumegrass 100’
10’
M H
100’
FRUIT COLOR M
Picea mariana c. ‘Doumetii’ | Black spruce
M H
100’
DIST. LEAF COLOR
H
0’
Hibiscus coccineus | Scarlet Rose Mallow
100’
Native Range: Native to central VA. acidic soilsHabit: Form is wider than other pines, with an sort of “explosive” look. Bloom: Notes:
10’
BLOOM COLOR
F
0’
0’
100’
Pinus strobus | white pine
tomlands or stream margins. Acid and shade tolerant.
Habit: “Picturesque,” hicket-forming shrub to small tree Bloom: Note: Nitrogen fixing plant that has potential for streambank stabilization.
10’
Salix NIgra | Swamp willow
10’
CARPETBAGGERS
VIRGINIA PIEDMONT/COASTAL PLAIN SEEPAGE BOG
Taxodium distichum | bald cypress
120’
CARNIVORE B L
10’
0’
100’
HEIGHT 100’
Native Range: Texas to Nova Scotia, in ponds and ditches, wet, acidic, still water Duration: Perennial Bloom: Yellow, May-Nov Note: Swimming pray touch trigger hairs, a trapdoor-like tissue flap expands sucking organism into the plant, where it is digested. Consumes mosquito larva.
Lycopodium dendroideum | Tree clubmoss 100’
B
10’
H 0’
Native Range: Northern half of the United States, including Virginia, grows on moist acidic soils Notes: accompanies sphargum moss in the boglands of Dolly Sods, West Virginia
As our class moved into design development, I began a set of AutoCAD drafted sections (below) and plans that could ultimately move into construction documents.
Design Process | Carnivorous Nursery
EARLY DESIGN DEVELOPMENT SECTION
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CARPETBAGGER BOG
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT | REFINED PLANS
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cks Ba
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Emmet US-29
MISSISSIPPI QUEEN
Meadowbrook
SWEET TEA PLEASE
greenhouse central retail area
As the project entered design development, modeling site topography and boardwalk details helped to clarify the relationship between undulating bog topography and a network of viewing platforms and stock display tables. The final design included converting the existing Arby’s into a terrarium sales area with a connecting greenhouse for tropical carnivorous plants. A secretive carnivorous plant research bunker was embedded into the adjacent hillside and accessible by an elevated walkway over an existing one-lane road.
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CARNIVOROUS NUR DISPLAY GARDEN RESEARCH CENTER
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SCHEMATIC PLAN
1’
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT (95%)
N 04/27/2012 LAR 5380 PLANTED FORM AND FUNCTION NATE BURGESS
Design Process | Carnivorous Nursery
Pinus echinata
Magnolia virginiana
Pinus echinata
Pinus strobus
Pinus taeda
Salix Nigra
Pinus strobus
Salix Nigra
Pinus taeda
Taxodium distichum
Pinus taeda
Salix nigra
Pinus palustris
Salix nigra
Pinus palustris
Vaccinium species (SHR)
Salix nigra
Magnolia virginiana
Salix nigra
Salix nigra
Pinus palustris
Pinus palustris
Cyrilla racemiflora (SHR)
Lyonia lucida (SHR)
Morella cerifera (SHR
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Pinguicula caerul
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greenhouse
SF
ST1
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SR
SF
SA
Pinguicula primul fora Platanthera bleph riglottis var. conspicua Marshallia sp. Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum Sphagnum sectio Acutifolia Sphagnum sectio Acutifolia
ST2
SR
SR
Saccharum gigan teum Sarracenia alata Sarracenia leucophylla Sarracenia rubra Sarracenia flava Carex atlantica
SA SL
SL
ST2
SR
SPH3
ST1
SR
Sphagnum sectio Sphagnum Sphagnum sectio Subsecunda
Sphagnum sectio Acutifolia
PARTIAL
DESIGN DEVELOPME (95%)
SHR
UP
Marshallia sp. Pogonia ophioglo soides Sphagnum sectio Acutifolia Shagnum section Acutifolia Pinguicula lutea
Polytrichum commune SPH1
ST2
SPH2
ST1
Drosera capilaris Cyperus haspans
Drosera capilaris Utricularia purpur
SPH1 SF
ST2
Morella cerifera Lyonia lucida Cyrilla racemiflora Vaccinium specie Zenobia pulverulenta Andropogon virgi cus Hibiscus coccineu
SHR
N Magnolia virginiana
Betua Nigra
Pinus strobus
Betua Nigra
Salix nigra
Pinus taeda
LATE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, REFINED PLANS AND SECTIONS, 1”=16’
Magnolia virginiana
1’
mail-order work center
04/27/2012 LAR 5380 PLANTED FORM FUNCTION NATE BURGESS
In order to facilitate plant counts and specifications, a tonal system was used to designate one of four different bog mixes.
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DESIGN PROCESS | CITY MARKET INFORMATICS Studio Critic: Elizabeth Meyer and Leena Cho Comprehensive Studio, Spring 2012
SITE RESEARCH | PRECEDENTS AND SITE VISITS
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This project was developed as part of a studio that asked students to relocate and redesign an existing farmer’s market in Charlottesville, VA, and embed this within a larger urban strategy for an urban district and a green infrastructure plan. My project explored the importance of information exchange in markets. It also explored a market-based stormwater management approach for a local subwatershed. My initial research explored farmer’s market precedents such as Green City Market in Chicago (below), as well as the existing City Market in Charlottesville (stops along a sound-transect through the market, right).
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Design Process | Market Informatics
2nd
Stre
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SITE RESEARCH | URBAN FRAMEWORK PLAN AND STORMWATER HYDROLOGY
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CANOPY
ROADS
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960
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CONCEPTUAL AND SITE ALTERNATIVES | 1ST STREET AND GARRETT STREET
An initial design concept for the site at Garrett Street considered the hydrology and urban canopy of the site and proposed a new “hydrologic commons” downstream from the market site.
An alternative design concept for the site at 2nd Street proposed creating a hydrologic and social network linking local government buildlins with the new City Market.
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Feet 4,800
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Feet 4,800
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2nd Street | proposed Garrett Street | existing
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Feet 4,800
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Design Process | Market Informatics
Urban Framework
Feet 4,800
Garrett Street | proposed
er Pipe Network
Garret Street alternative: proposed groundplane strategy section model
2nd Street alternative: proposed groundplane section model
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SCHEMATIC DESIGN | GARRETT STREET OPTION
MARKET COMMONS
POLLOCKS BRANCH COMMONS
urban hydrology strategy
market district sectional sketch
market district strategy
market district sketch diagram
Design Process | Market Informatics
SCHEMATIC DESIGN | MODELING AND PLAN REVISION
COMMUNITY CARD EXCHANGE STATION PUBLIC TOILETS, MARKET STORAGE TREE PIT STAGE AND COMMUNITY WORKSHOP AREA 4 UNIT MARKET STALL 3 UNIT MARKET STALL N
BUS STOP
BIKE RACKS
FARMER/AGRICULTURAL (50%)
SURFACE RUNOFF DETENTION
FOOD VENDORS (30%)
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town
new city market Friendship Court redevelopment
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monitoring station
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shared shelter
Design Process | Market Informatics
hydrologic and market informatics: from detail to subwatershed
market informatics center: located at market entrance AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PREPARED FOOD ARTISAN PRODUCTS MARKET INFO HYDROLOGIC AMPHITHEATER
PIPE JUNCTION SURFACE DRAIN
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Design Process | Market Informatics The final market area is subdivided by market product. Each product area features a uniquely color labeling to living and constructed canopy (red, orange, yellow). The groundplane is a vegetated urban plaza range from garss to grasscrete to pervious concrete.
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CONTACT Nathan Burgess 1702 Rugby Ave Charlottesville, VA 22903 nab3vw@virginia.edu 757 715 3104