OLIVIA LYSTER LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 - 2: SPACE & TYPOLOGY UNDERSTANDING 3: CAMPUS SITE REDESIGN: NORTHROP AUDITORIUM WEST 4: CAMPUS SITE REDESIGN: SCHOLARS WALK at MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 5 - 6: SHERIDAN PARK REDESIGN 7 - 8: MISSISSIPPI RIVER EDGE DESIGN/MODEL 9 - 10: MADRID: REINA SOPHIA SURREALIST PRIMER 11 - 14: ROME: DRAWING (IN) THE ETERNAL CITY 15 - 16: ROME/ISTANBUL/MADRID STUDY ABROAD 2016 SKETCHES
UNDERSTANDING AND ANALYZING SPACE
UNDERSTANDING AND ANALYZING SPACE TYPES
During the first semester of GD1 studio, the design process was simplified into analysis, abstraction, and design. This analysis exercise pulled apart qualities that make the "The Knoll" within the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus a sought after space.
Later in the Semester, the GDI studio simplified how space types effect and create space. Several space types were employed including: bosque, bridge, playground, and community green. Each group designed two 32 x 40" boards.
As a connection from the Dinkytown and Marcy Homes neighborhoods to campus, "The Knoll" serves as a welcoming green space. The heavy canopy, rolling greens, and simplistic pathway system discern how the space is used.
THE MOUND This mound study was created with fellow GD1 students: Zoe Weingarten, Miranda Olson and Yan Sun. We separated the mound into how it can be used, and how size variations create distinctly different spaces. Finally, we used Gold Medal Park in Minneapolis, MN to show the mound in one of its simplest forms.
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Gold Medal Park is comprised of: - Seven acres and includes a sculpture garden, open green space, connection to the - Guthrie Theatre, and shady seating on dotted along the perimeter. - A pathway that leads users to the top of the 32’ mound, gradually spiralling around the perimeter and promoting stunning views of downtown Minneapolis. - Atop the mound sits a small grove of trees with seating that is lit in the evening
Large Mounds (10’+) Toe: Feelings of refuge, shadow, curious Flank: Views, uncomfortable/comfortable depending on slope and material of mound,
of Kravitt Park - It exhibits art installations and sculptures - Provides a wide array of users with a multiuse event and gathering space - Locationally, this project had similar design feats to overcome - Industrial Past - Proximity to the Mississippi River - Accommodates multiple users from many neighborhoods
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- Gold Medal Park hosts many qualities that resemble the proposed Kravitt Park site. - A history of extensive industrial use and poor land management - Uniquely positioned at the edge of downtown Minneapolis & sits on the banks of the Mississippi River.
- The Gold Medal Park mound is built from the site’s contaminated soil that was piled up and sculpted into the shape it maintains today. - Remediation of historic site on the Mississippi
Mounds can form visual surfaces to display art. Whether it be from an aerial view, like the Cosmic garden, or on a human scale, these mounds allow users to engage with art as part of the landscape.
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Date Completed: May 2007 Designer: Tom Oslund of Oslund and Associates Location: Downtown Minneapolis, MN
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Images and information found from: www.goldmedalpark.org www.oaala.com www.landscapevoice.com www.kruger.photoshelter.com www.theknot.com
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NORTHROP PLAZA REDESIGN: CAMPUS AS STAGE This redesign promotes a multifunctional campus area fit for performances, movement and relaxation. The two stage areas on the site act as an extension from Northrop Plaza, and integrate campus into the performance area that Northrop embodies. The site contains seating and turf area for spectators, as well as diagonal sidewalks allowing for simplified movement throughout campus. The site is planted with coniferous trees so that foliage Exists on the site year - round.
360 STAGE - The 360 Stage creates an engaging performance space for both formal and informal performances, speeches, or classroom experiences - Large evergreens block wind and noise from the West
X WALKING PATH - The X Walking Path creates a more simplistic way to cross this plaza - Allows for viewsheds into the performance areas from the path
MAIN STAGE - The Main Stage allows for both table and lawn seating and is oriented towards Northrop Auditorium - Corten Steel backdrop protects stage from wind and noise coming from the West.
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING REDESIGN The Mechanical Engineering walkway is connected to Scholars Walk - a highly populated transportation node on campus. This redesign promotes easy passage through the site and includes spaces to sit and enjoy the afternoon shade. The introduction of shade trees and turf will soften the existing hard concrete that fills the site.
SCULPTURE GREEN - The Sculpture Green gives a space for site users to sit and enjoy the existing sculpture - Within this small green space, users can enjoy shade anda break from the business of Sholars Walk
SEATING ELEMENT - This Seating Element, again, allows users to pause from the business of Scholars Walk - This space is oriented towards the sculpture to offer views and a shady space to study
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WEST BANK CLEARING A clearing, by definition, is an open place cleared for cultivation. I used this metaphor to create a location for the cultivation of business and community for Hawthorne residents. The West Bank Clearing offers the community of Hawthorne, Minneapolis an equal opportunity to connect to the Mississippi River. The Hawthorne community is disenfranchised by highway 94 and a heavily industrialized area to the East. The West Bank Clearing offers seasonal spaces for markets, sensory gardens, ice skating, and picnics.
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SENSORY GARDEN - engages users with smells, sight, textures and sounds of nature - slows users down using winding 4’ paths -prepares users to discover the relaxing Kravitt Park Hidden Garden to the North - clear the mind
THE CLEARING - draws users in through dialectic between open and shaded along with program
CLEAR EVENTS - Farmers Market geared towards Hawthorne residents as an opportunity to encourage local commerce and highlights the cultural amenities in the diverse neighborhood - Movies in the Park invites people to gather and relax as they sit on the central mound - Ice Skating in The Clearing invites users from the greater Minneapolis area to enjoy a unique experience skating adjacent to the Mississippi. - Food Truck access through the adjacent “Life Source” parking lot allows for a source of food and drink during Clear Events.
FOREST RETREAT - The Forest Retreat is an intimate relaxation space with movable tables and seating elements. This space provides a dense canopy and a flourishing array of colorful fall flowers to gaze at.
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WINTER SKATING
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MISSISSIPPI RIVERFRONT PLAZA The Mississippi Riverfront Plaza explores landform, vegetation and structure. It encourages community engagement and education through the use of a public garden along with a structure adaptable for farmers markets and gatherings. The plaza offers a variety of seating in the form of circular benches around the trunks of trees, along with a large, inviting staircase to sit and enjoy lunch with a view of the riverfront. The desire for citizens to become aware of their natural surroundings and riverfront opportunities fueled the design of this plaza.
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THE REINA SOPHIA SURREALIST PRIMER
The Reina Sophia, located in Madrid, Spain, contains surrealist masterpieces of Picasso, Salvador Dali, Juan Gris and many more talented artists. This plaza and facade were designed in compilation with Landscape Design and Planning student: Norman Palacious, and Architecture students: Amanda Anderson and Amy Poburka. "The Surrealist Primer" is our design concept originating from the principles of surrealist paintings: juxtaposition, dissociation and transposition. These principles exist within the artwork found inside the Reina Sophia, and our goal was to bring them forward. By using these principles to create landscape architecture and architecture, we hope to prime museum go-ers for the artwork seen within the Reina Sophia. These renderings were completed using graphite and marker. Throughout this project, our group was able to employ advanced hand rendering skills.
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DRAWING (IN) THE ETERNAL CITY Time spent in Rome, Italy put emphasis on hand rendering and sketching skills. Our final assignment was to display the ever changing history of the Eternal City by creating an interconnected palimpsest map. My portion of this assignment, along with architecture students Michael Canniff and Adam Hunt, was the ancient Roman Forum. Just as Rome contains relics of the past flecked into the present city, palimpsest-style maps aim to leave traces of once was, often using several drawing techniques at once. Do do this, axonomectric, section perspectives, fish eye and plan views were some of the many techniques used. After 5 weeks, we had completed an historic map of Rome and were able to lay the entirety of the project out in Piazza dell'Orlogio. To the right is an image of my group's portion from our final review. The following page contains a close up image of one of my focuses for this project, the Colosseum. By creating a view shed into the Colosseum, I was able to compare and contrast past and present conditions.
Final Review, Piazza dell'Orlogio
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DRAWING (IN) THE ETERNAL CITY THE COLOSSEUM, PENCIL ON PAPER
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ROME ISTANBUL MADRID STUDY ABROAD SKETCHES During my Semester Abroad, our daily assignment was to produce 5 sketches. I completed several 8.5 x 5" moleskin notebooks during this time. These pages display watercolor and pen, pencil, and graphite sketches.
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OLIVIA LYSTER LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO JANUARY 2017