PIETER H. VAN REMOORTERE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
PIETER H. VAN REMOORTERE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON M. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE EXPECTED 2014 pieterv@uoregon.edu (+1) 240 506 1288
SELECTED WORKS
01 BOOTH KELLY LUMBER MILL Industrial Reuse
Incense Bamboo 30
Black Mondo Grass 24 Japanese Sedge Grass
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Japanese Forest Grass
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02 MITTLEMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Institutional Design
03 FROHNMAYER COURTYARD Incense Bamboo Planting Design
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Prairie Sky Blue Switch Grass
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04 FREELANCE WORK
Japanese Sedge Grass 38
Interdisciplinary Design
Black Mondo Grass 33
05 EUGENE FARMERS MARKET Construction Documentation
06 WATERMARKS COMPETITION Red-Leaf Japanese Maple Urban/Educational Design
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BOOTH KELLY LUMBER MILL SPRINGFIELD, OREGON INDUSTRIAL REUSE DR. IRENE CURULLI
The focus of this studio project was the economic rejuvenation of the former Booth Kelly Lumber Mill site in Springfield, Oregon. Once the economic heartbeat of the city, the site has long been forgotten and acts as a void on the ecotone of downtown Springfield and the adjacent hills to the south. This design focuses on a small area within the site, but works in tandem with the larger goal of renewing connectivity and identity to the site as a whole by means of tapping into its inherent economic, historic, physical and ecological value.
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[ECONOMIC] The new buildings are used for commercial and residential purposes. [HISTORICAL] The park trees outline the former footprint of the planer building.
The skeletal structure and footprint of the existing Crane Shed are preserved. The grid is an amalgamation of the various grids that existed on the site. The park reveals the historic planing process by means of topographic features. The stormwater strip reveals the historic location of the millrace.
[ECOLOGICAL] The stormwater strip filters rainwater and decreases peak runoff caused by impervious surfaces. The wet prairie patch provides habitat for native species and acts as a riparian buffer.
[PHYSICAL] The newly established grid better connects Booth Kelly to downtown Springfield. The street tree species reflect those of downtown Springfield.
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DESIGN INSPIRATIONS
Crane Shed CraneHistorical Shed Historical Uses Uses
Housing wood Housing wood PIECE OF LUMBER DURING THE PLANING PROCESS
Housing wood Housing wood HOUSING WOOD
Circulating Wood Circulating Wood Circulating Wood Circulating Wood CIRCULATING WOOD
Crane Shed Proposed Uses Uses Crane Shed Proposed [PROPOSED]
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Crane Shed CraneProposed Shed Proposed Uses Uses
TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURE REVEALING THE HISTORIC USE OF THE SITE
Housing People Housing PeoplePEOPLE HOUSING
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Housing People Housing People
Circulating People Circulating People CIRCULATING PEOPLE Circulating People Circulating People
[THE SITE] North-south sections depicting the layout and
spatial hierarchy of the site. Planer Park acts as a physical and social hub for Booth Kelly while simultaneously functioning as a transitional space between the riparian corridor to the south and the built commercial/ residential area to the north.
[GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE]
The stormwater median reduces the impact of impervious surfaces on the hydrological system by means of capturing water from the adjacent street and sidewalks and allowing it to infiltrate into the native soils below.
[A SATURDAY IN PLANER PARK]
MITTLEMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER PORTLAND, OREGON INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN JUSTINE LOVINGER
For this particular studio, students were asked to redesign the highly sloped and under utilized space located along the northwestern boundary of the Mittleman Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Portland, Oregon. In an effort to increase membership, the client asked for a design that would foster a number of different uses, which in turn would allow for the educational, recreational, and financial growth of the JCC.
[THE GREEN] The central lawn provides open space for a range of activities while physically and programmatically linking the upper and lower levels.
[THE LEVELS] the nested levels act as a catalyst for educational, recreational and financial growth.
This design focuses on establishing multifaceted terraces so as to activate the space by means of creating nested “levels�. When utilized separately, each level acts as an autonomous space, addressing one of the three desired over arching programmatic themes (educational, recreational, and financial). However, the levels may also be used in tandem to support larger groups while simultaneously fulfilling multiple desired uses. This flexibility allows for the continued evolution of the space and of the JCC as a whole.
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OUTDOOR CLASSROOM / VEGGIE GARDEN
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FROHNMAYER COURTYARD
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON PLANTING DESIGN Incense Bamboo 32
This modern 22 planting scheme reflects the existing geometry Japanese Sedge Grass 38 within the courtyard and Blackencompassing Mondo Grass 33 music building through rectilinear swaths of complimentary species. The bamboo along the perimeter and within the middle of the site plays off the verticality of the surrounding building, while simultaneously creating Red-Leaf Japanese Maple 1 unique spaces within the courtyard by means of visually Japanese Forest Grass permeable 52 barriers.
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FREELANCE WORK
EUGENE, OREGON INGRAM BUILDING AND DESIGN In the spring of 2013 i was hired by a local architecture firm to do two things: 1) develope a preliminary landscape design for a vacant residential lot, and 2) build a 3d computer model for a house that they had designed for said lot. The final product was a digital rendering that was used to successfully sell the project to a client.
EUGENE, OREGON PROFESSOR RON LOVINGER AND BRAD STANGELAND PARTNER: CAROL STAFFORD This studio focused on the generation of construction documents by means of AutoCAD. Paired up in teams of two, students were asked to complete a construction set for a preliminary design of a park block capable of housing the Eugene Farmers Market. These sets consisted of the following componants: SITE PLAN LAYOUT PLAN GRADING PLAN PLANTING PLAN LIGHTING PLAN CONSTRUCTION DETAILS Note: all work shown in this section was a collaborative effort.
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
EUGENE FARMERS MARKET
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
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WATERMARKS COMPETITION PORTLAND, OREGON
The watermarks competition was established to raise awareness of flooding vulnerability in urban settings. This entry (entitled PDX Marks) uses a cohesive combination of information, instruments, branding and interaction to make people in downtown Portland cognisant of the power and dynamism of the Willamette River.
The light turns on when at or near the surface. Light intensity dependent on energy produced by turbine.
The tether transmits energy produced by the turbine. Length varies, allowing the fluctuating river levels to reveal or submerge the light.
The underwater turbine generates electricity using the flow of the Willamette River. Amount of energy is directly related to the current velocity.
FLOATING LIGHTS - DOWNTOWN MAP The lights illustrated in the plan above and perspective below indicate the height of the river. As the waters rise more lights become submerged, representing the extent of potential flooding in downtown Portland.
Marker denoting the approximate water level of the Missoula Floods. These flooding events phsically shapped the landscape of the Willamette Valley
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HYDROPOPS: HYDROPOPS: I’D EAT ONE! HYDROPOPS: I’D I’D EAT EAT ONE! ONE!
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The aim of PDX Marks is to make the hygrograph’s data visible in the river, along its banks, and in the city.
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The proposed overlook allows visitors to locate the height of historic and potential flood events in downtown Portland. The visual character of the platform recalls the infrastructure of upstream dams on the Willamette River.
Existing infrastructure is painted with the same color palette that is used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for water SW Third Ave and level Washington St, Portland, OR measurement.
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The multi-faceted design is accompanied by a city-wide branding campaign that uses the same color scheme as the water level monitoring system.
EDUCATION
HONORS / AWARDS
University of Oregon School Of Architecture & Allied Arts Eugene, Oregon 2011 - Present Master of Landscape Architecture [Expected June 2014]
Marie & Arthur Berger Scholarship
Dickinson College Carlisle, Pennsylvania 2002-2006 B.S. in Environmental Science Minor in Geology
Deans List
STUDY ABROAD: Croatia Summer 2012 Historic Preservation Field School
Landscape Architecture Intern Lovinger Robertson Landscape Architecture 2013
Australia Spring 2005 University of Queensland
Nominated for Golden Key International Honour Society Graduated Cum Laude
EXPERIENCE
Graduate research fellow Institute for a sustainable environment (ISE) 2013 - Present Graduate Teaching Fellow University of Oregon Department of Landscape Architecture Design/Build Volunteer University of Oregon Design Bridge 2012, 2014
ACQUIRED SKILLS DIGITAL Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Sketchup Kerkythea Maxwell Vectorworks Autocad ArcGIS HAND Diagramming & sketching Drafting [mayline] Rendering MODEL BUILDING Hand built & laser cut
REFERENCES Kenneth Helphand, FASLA Studio / Study Abroad Professor helphand@uoregon.edu David Hulse Professor / ISE lab director dhulse@uoregon.edu Justine Lovinger Principle Lovinger Robertson Landscape Architects justine@lovingerrobertson.com
PIETER H. VAN REMOORTERE 1953 1/2 Columbia Stree, Eugene, OR pieterv@uoregon.edu (+1) 240 506 1288