Nicole Schneider
Hello, I’m a Landscape Architect and multidisciplined designer with experience in landscape architecture, architecture, planning, urban design, and graphic design. Receptive to current issues and environmental problems, I have the innovative thinking and collaborative skills necessary to find the best possible solutions. I am able to tactfully strategize ways in which to solve problems that pertain to stormwater capture and infiltration, adaptive re-use, food security, nutrient recycling, integrated community engagement, and holistic design.
RÉSUMÉ
Nicole Schneider Registered Landscape Architect in the State of Wisconsin, U.S.A. Nicole.Schneider7@gmail.com
Education
Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA)_University of British Columbia | Vancouver, B.C. | 2013 Bachelor of Science in Architecture (BS)_University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 2010 _Minor in Environmental Design, Minor in Japanese
Experience
GRAEF Engineering and Consulting Landscape Designer
Milwaukee, WI | January 2014 - June 2016
_Prepared site analysis, design development, and construction documentation for Institutional, Commercial, Streetscape, and Park projects _Synergistic park design with Planners and Engineers to accomidate 100 year flood storage within the River Watershed in Milwaukee _Collaborated with Planners in producing comprehensive plans for cities across Wisconsin _Experience in project coordination, cost estimation, zoning compliance, and detailed design
Cost of Wisconsin CAD Technician
Jackson, WI | July 2013 - December 2013
_Produced shop drawings for constructing themed landscapes with Rhino and AutoCAD; Project: Disneyland in Beijing, China
Eckford Tyacke and Associates Landscape Architecture Landscape Architecture Co-op
Vancouver, BC | Apr - Sept 2012
_Developed landscape designs and planting plans for multi-family housing projects _Drafted construction drawings issued for building permit and construction _Configured image boards, calculated material costs, and organized a construction details library
Four Season Landscapes Crew Leader
Milwaukee, WI | Apr - Jul 2011
_Installed and maintained landscapes for residential and commercial gardens
Skills
AutoCAD | Vectorworks | Adobe Suite | SketchUp | Rhino | Lumion | Kerkythea | Shaderlight | Microsoft Office
Awards
_Won the Diane Lane Johnston Award in Landscape Architecture | Spring 2012 _Finalist for a PRI Permaculture Design Competition | Spring 2010 _College of Design Dean’s List | 2007, 2008
Activities
_Pubished a graduate thesis project entitled The Compost Hub on WorldLandscapeArchitect.com | Sumer 2014 _Published a paper detailing green roof stormwater mitigation techniques on Spacing.ca | Spring 2013 _Educated in wetland construction with the B.C. Wildlife Federation | Summer 2012 _Urban agriculture enthusiast and Intern at Will Allen’s Growing Power Urban Farm in Milwaukee, WI | Winter 2011
CONTENTS
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PLANNED
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THEORETICAL
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DETAILED
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SUSTAINABLE
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TECHNICAL
Campus Grading Plan
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DEVELOPED
Francis & Victoria Dr.
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RECLAIMED
Planned Adaptive Re-use
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HISTORICAL
Plaza de la Danza
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ARCHITECTURAL
10 COLORFUL
Hines Urban Design
Wauwatosa Soccer Gateway WasteScapes
Silverlake Break Facility
Il Giardino Italiano Planting Plan
11 COOPERATIVE 12 RESILIENT
City Flow
NuGenesis Farm Oven
Reviving Landscape
Program Distribution
Social Inclusion
Water Treatment
Connecting Parks Programs Office (Grey) Commercial (Red) High-End Housing (Green) Affordable Housing (Green) Parking (Dark Grey) Community Center (Purple)
Site Plan Produced with Steph Mauer
Planned A multidisciplinary team working together to create a comprehensive development program for a large-scale site located in downtown Houston, TX. Designed with: Steph Mauer Ruth Legg Nitin Tyagi Raviraj Bhosale
Program Diagram Produced with Steph Mauer
Hines Urban Design Group Project | Competition | Spring 2011
Offices
Mixed-Use
Public Market
Commercial
River Restoration
Produced with Steph Mauer
Perspective Produced with Steph Mauer
The Hines Urban Design Competition entailed the planning and redesign of a parcel of land located adjacent to downtown Houston, TX. Our team of students came together from many disciplines including the schools of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, and Business. The design intent was to create a self-sustaining community that promotes walking and cycling as the principal methods of transportation. A diagonal pedestrian walkway intersects the site and strings together a sequence of public amenities: a community centre, a public square, a market, and the waterfront parkway. The design considers a diversity of housing options ranging from affordable to highend apartments. Offices and commercial development help bring financial stability to the project, and proper phasing allows the development to be profitable for the city.
Water Circulation
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Hornby Street
Theoretical A public square that celebrates the character of Vancouver through the collection and dramatic release of rainwater.
Vancouver Art Gallery
Play Hill A
UBC
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Pond Theater/Ice Rink Rainwater Catchment
Cafe
Covered Walkway Vendor Parking Howe Street Robson Street
City Flow
Academic| Landscape Studio | Fall 2011
Rainwater Play Hill
Section A-A’
Play Hill and Pond
Art Gallery
The task was to create a central public space within Robson Square for the citizens of Vancouver. The site contains historical architecture and is well connected to the central business district, but lacks a central space that allows citizens to gather for public events. The key intent was to design a waterfall event though the collection and release of rainwater. This design not only encourages public interaction, but also provides a place to pause and enjoy the view. A waterfall is released once a day from the roof of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the resulting stream travels through the square via a series of channels and breaks in the pavement. The breaks gradually widen and narrow within various parts of the square creating different opportunities for interaction and play. Programs, including a cafe, play hill, and art gallery, are experientially enhanced with this water feature. Thus, a principal element of Vancouver, rain, draws its citizens together.
Detailed A playful gateway to a secondary school soccer stadium.
Designed with: Joe Pepitone, PLA, Principal
Wauwatosa Soccer Gateway GRAEF | Spring 2015
Built project designed with Joe Pepitone
The Wauwautosa School District needed a new entryway to their recently renovated soccer field. The underlying idea behind the design was to create a gateway that was playful and celebratory while providing the essential requirements they desired which included: a fenced entry, a ticket booth, lighting, and signage that proclaims the two different teams who use the field. Materials and colors were chosen to match the existing concession stand as well as the school building. The design was a collaborative effort with Joe Pepitone, and was first modeled in SketchUp to fully represent the idea to the client. After the client’s approval, construction plans and specifications were developed and bidded out to a contractor who made the design a reality.
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Primary and Secondary Schools
Compost Education and Nursery Nursery
Compost Neighborhoods
Compost Hubs & Gardens
Circulation & Nodes
Estuary Restoration
Sustainable
Central Plaza
The project re-envisions organic waste as a nutrient resource by way of a community composting program, which incrementally fosters local gardens and the landscape.
Allotment Gardens
Trail Head
Trails
Downtown Squamish
Master Plan
WasteScapes Academic | Graduate Design Project | Spring 2013
Compost Education Center
Residence
Bailey Road
Nursery and Compost Education Center
Indoor/Outdoor Classroom
Greenhouse Nursery
Utility Road
Habitat Corridor
Railway
The District of Squamish has ambitious goals to reduce its waste stream by 67%, but its strategies involving a school education program and compost pickup have a lackluster affect. This project adopts a more rigorous approach by envisioning organic waste as a nutrient resource to be integrated back into the surrounding environment. Counter to the traditional industrialized method of waste management, the project proposes a decentralized waste system where residents take part in composting their own waste at small waste stations distributed throughout the community. The landscape itself acts as an educational tool and compost is used for various landscape programs in the neighborhood.
Compost Production with a 55 Gallon Drum 40%Space Air 40% Space Air Space 40% Air
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Gallons Gallons of Compost of Compost 21.5 21.5 21.5 Gallons of Compost
40% Green 40% Green 40% Green
Combine
20% Brown 20% Brown 20% Brown
Orchard
Nursery
Berry Patch
Landscaping
Turn
4’ x 8’
Vegetable Garden
4’ x 8’
4’ x 8’
Type
Apply
Flower Garden
38’ x 43’
15’ x 29’
Application
The project re-envisions organic waste as a nutrient resource by way of a community composting program, which incrementally fosters local gardens and the landscape.
20% compost per 5 gal pail 2’ diameter at 3 inch thickness
Compost
12’ diameter at 3 inch thickness
8 Compost Drums
10’ x 16’
Area
Sustainable
13’ x 23’
8 Compost Drums
2’ diameter at 3 inch thickness
8 Compost Drums
2” layer spread
10 Compost Drums
2” layer spread
2 Compost Drums
8” layer in raised bed
7 Compost Drums
Landscape Types and Their Compost Requirement
WasteScapes Academic | Graduate Design Project | Spring 2013
Landscaping
Compost Hub
Flower Garden
Lawn Bowling
Berry Patch Orchard
Plan of the Allotment Gardens
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The community, comprised of multi-family housing developments, has little space to compost individually. To solve this problem, the site was divided into compost neighborhoods where residents communally compost waste at hubs. Allotment gardens, orchards, berry patches, a plant nursery, and a municipal park are designed in conjunction with the hubs for efficient compost distribution and maintenance. Plants grown at the nursery are used in the restoration of the Squamish Estuary located west of the site. A central circulation network knits the community together and connects the site to the larger district of Squamish.
Grading Model
Technical A methodical grading plan developed in conjunction with a new university campus that is sensitive to the surrounding ecological functions.
Campus Grading Plan Academic | Spring 2012
Grading Plan
The project involved the placement of a series of new facilities within a currently undeveloped site. New buildings include: three student dorms, a recreation center, a kitchen, and administration building. The buildings, roads, and adjoining parking were placed in a compact layout to minimize the disturbance on the landscape. Grading was designed to maximize the infiltration of rainwater and slow its release back into the nearby river. Seating and an amphitheater embrace the uniqueness of the site and were placed to take advantage of the site’s best views
Developed The design of outdoor patios for a condominium development with challenging space constrains.
Detail of Planting Plan Done in Consultation with Cheryl Bouwmeester
Frances & Victoria Dr. Eckford Tyacke & Associates | Summer 2012
Detailed Sections Done in Consultation with Cheryl Bouwmeester
As a co-op with Eckford Tyacke and Associates, I assisted in carrying many projects through the process of schematic design, design development, building permit, and construction documentation. Many of these projects involved designing landscapes for condominium developments in Vancouver where developers needed to maximize the building footprint and increase density. As a result, these projects had challenging parameters due to space constraints. Each unit had a minimal amount of private space in which to create an outdoor patio. Planting, arbors, and walls were designed to create outdoor rooms in which residents have a perceived sense of privacy and an ability to interact or retreat from their neighbors within a shared building corridor.
Visualization of a Re-imagined Storefront for the City of Ashwaubenon, WI
Reclaimed Visualizations of adaptive re-use to help communities revitalize the community at a minimum cost.
Planned Adaptive Re-use GRAEF | Summer 2015
Visualization of New Public Space for the City of South Milwaukee, WI
Visualization of a Re-purposed Industrial Building for the City of Ashwaubenon, WI
Two comprehensive planning projects were done for the Wisconsin communities of Ashwaubenon and South Milwaukee. Lawmakers were concerned with revitalizing the built environment, encouraging local businesses, and increasing property values at a low cost to the city. These communities have very small tax bases and were therefore greatly concerned with maximizing monetary incentives while having a optimum effect on the visual appearance of the city. To accomplish their goals, the GRAEF planning team recommended that both cities encourage adaptive re-use for many of the properties that were considered unappealing and detracted from the visual appearance of the streetscape. Visualizations were created to help lawmakers envision numerous possibilities of how existing buildings and vacant space could be retrofitted or updated at a lower cost to owners. These visualizations were incorporated into the comprehensive plans as future development models for both Ashwaubenon and South Milwaukee.
School of Music
Government Palace
Plaza for Performances
Assembly Area
Adding a Layer of Platforms
Historical
Library
Church of Soledad
Re-structuring and improving the city of Oaxaca’s historical dance space while preserving the existing architectural framework.
Residence
Plaza
Plaza for Ice Cream Vendors Exhibition Space
Museum
Site Plan Designed with Kevin Lang
Plaza de la Danza with Kevin Lang | Architecture Studio | Spring 2009
Government Palace
Church of Soledad
School of Music
Model Built with Kevin Lang
Plaza de la Danza, a central square within the old city of Oaxaca, Mexico, is an awkward and sun exposed space bounded by the competing powers of the Government Palace, the Church of Soledad, and the School of Music. As a team of two, we were assigned the task of incorporating the addition of a library, an exhibition space, and a residence for the city historian. A series of platforms were designed which build upon the old infrastructure and reorganize the space while preserving the present artefact. This new organization defines spaces for each institution and accentuates their prominence within the site. The added layer also creates shade, additional seating, and incorporates the new programs while conserving the present materials, activities, and traditions.
Barrel Vault Structure
Architectural The coalescence of brick and wood to create a structure that has the appearance of being grounded, yet suspended.
Silverlake Bread Facility Academic | Architecture Studio | Spring 2010
Construction Detail: Wood and Masonry Connection
Intersecting Barrel Vaults
Silverlake Park, located within the Three Rivers Park district of St. Paul, MN, was looking to engage the surrounding community in the process of baking bread. They requested a design for a bread making facility that contains ovens and classrooms for teaching this art. This year round activity guided my design process to accommodate for indoor and outdoor bread-making spaces. The duality of use is reinforced with two different building materials. Brick Masonry and wood planks are combined to create intersecting barrel vaults. The wooden planks reduce the heaviness of the building and convey light into the interior space while functioning as a wooden deck for the exterior space. The season oriented facility is equipped with a dual level bread oven, which serves as a teaching tool for both summer and winter spaces.
Colorful An existing garden framework replanted to accentuate the garden form, appeal to the sensory experience, and engage the local Italian community.
Planting Plan
Il Giardino Italiano Planting Plan Academic | Fall 2012
Herbs
Vegetables
Renaissance Deciduous
Renaissance Evergreen Borders
Lavandula angustifolia lavendar
Allium sativum garlic
Syringa vulgaris lilac
Viburnum tinus laurustinus
Salvia officinalis sage
Brassica oleracea kale
Prunus domestica plum
Laurus nobilis sweet bay
Rosmarinus officinalis rosemary
Beta vulgaris beet
Vitus vinifera grape
Buxus sempervirens boxwood
Thymus vulgaris thyme
Foeniculum vulgare fennel
Malus domestica apple
Myrtus communis myrtle
Petroselinum crispum parsley
Eruca sativa arugula
Ficus carica fig
Juniperus communis juniper
Origanum vulgare aureum golden oregano
Cucurbita pepo summer squash
Fraxinus excelsior ash
Cupressus sempervirens cypress
A pre-existing Italian garden in Hasting’s Park, Vancouver is in need of revitalization, because the current planting does not reflect the garden’s original intent. The garden is set adjacent to an amusement park, as well as a neighborhood with a strong Italian heritage. The new planting scheme engages its surroundings and takes qualities from both contexts. The garden is designed as a sequence of edible rooms arranged along a strong linear axis. Numerous rooms function as community food gardens to engage the surrounding neighborhood. Plants were chosen for their vibrant yellow and purple hues to mimic the carnival atmosphere just adjacent to the site. Numerous evergreens were selected for their use in traditional Renaissance gardens. The varying height of the evergreen plants are key in defining the enclosure of each space. The result is a hybrid planting design which reflects traditional Italian gardens while also incorporating a new series of edibles.
Wood-Fired Oven and Grill
Cooperative Detailed construction drawings for an outdoor oven that was designed and built for NuGenesis Farm.
NuGenesis Farm Oven Volunteer Work | Summer 2011
Constructed Oven
NuGenesis Farm, a non-profit working to prevent disease through education and organic agriculture, strengthens its connections with the community by hosting cooking events with the vegetables they grow. The farm had planned to build a pizza oven as a counterpart to the children’s garden, which provided the ingredients for pizza. Due to my previous experience in building bread ovens, I volunteered for an opportunity to design an oven for the farm. A masonry class from the local community college supplied volunteer labor for the experience to build an oven. The final oven design was altered to accommodate the donated materials and less experienced students; however, the overall form and interior structure were retained.
* Historic Shoreline and Piped Streams
Topography and Drainage
Urban Watershed and Filtration Network
Earthquake Hazard Areas
Resilient A competition entry for the International Federation of Landscape Architecture which explores how landscape architects can design a resilient landscape after an earthquake affects the City of Vancouver.
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Visualization of Impacted Area: Liquefacted Soils and Damaged Buildings
Reviving Landscape Academic| Landscape Studio | Fall 2012
Section of Walled Gardens and Public Dock
Ecology Adapted to Old Infrastructure
The large area east of False Creek in Vancouver is a significant earthquake hazard area. Originally, it contained fluctuating tides and flowing streams, which were eventually filled in by the booming lumber industry and railroad development in the late 1800s. During an earthquake, the area is highly prone to liquefaction due to the loose soil conditions. The resulting destruction will be unstable building foundations, cracked and toppled structures, and damaged pipes that float to the surface. Streams that are currently piped underground will break and cause flooding. The resilient design proposal revives the original industrious ecology while reusing existing industrial infrastructure. The plan adapts and strengthens Vancouver’s park network while collecting and treating the large volumes of stormwater that usually overwhelm the city’s sewer system. Buildings are repurposed into walled gardens, water gardens, and public facilities, while old train rail beds are adopted as the foundations for the park’s new trail system.