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Litzsinger Road Ecology Center St. Louis, MO Photograph by Rachel Fox 2
Rachel Fox 1035 Sandstone Dr. St. Louis, MO 63146 p. 314.853.8418 e. rachfox@ksu.edu 3
Pike Place Market Seattle, WA Photograph by Rachel Fox 4
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Campus Rainworks Wyuka Park Activate the Space Hands on Urbanism 5
Campus Rainworks Manhattan, Kansas
Team: Rachel Fox, Katherine Leise, Nick Mercado, Katherine Burke, Kaley Oldani Tools: Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, Sketch-up, Photography
Campus Rainworks was part of a storm water management competition issued by the Environmental Protection Agency. The collaborative project involved interdisciplinary student work to address growing concerns of water quality, storm water management, and campus experience. Campus Rainworks focuses on three different scales of intervention to improve storm water management on Kansas State University’s campus. Campus Rainworks used three different strategies to tackle stormwater management on KSU campus. Ranging in scale the projects address multiple viewers. Tiered meadows addressed replacing turf grass on a steep slope near the creek with a tiered meadow that encourages biodiversity and infiltration. Dry Meandering Creek Bed focused on slowing down a run off from parking lot 6
and slowing it down before the water entered storm drains. Triangle Rain Garden showcases permeable pavers and drought resistance plantings around the entrance. The experiential qualities of this project make the campus unique for students, faculty, and visitors. Students are encouraged to explore the educational landscape as they walk to classes on the expanding north edge of campus. Small nodes bisect the paths giving students a space to pause and reflect.
Leading the Way: The tiered meadow reflects the university’s commitment to ecologically sound, beautiful, and functional design. Students, faculty, and visitors have a new way of experiencing campus. 7
Triangular Raingarden
Tiered Meadows
Meandering Creek Bed
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Three Strategies Several storm water management strategies were used throughout the site. A french drain, meandering creek bed, and permeable paving exemplify different ways of managing our most valuable resource.
2. Dry Creek Bed - Meandering Creek Bed
1. French Drain - Tiered Meadow
3. Permeable versus Impermeable Paving - Triangular Raingarden 9
Wyuka Park Lincoln, Nebraska
Team: Rachel Fox Tools: AutoCAD, Land F/X, Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, Sketch-up
Wyuka Park is a small residential park in Lincoln, Nebraska. Located adjacent to a historic cemetery the park is a place for solace and contemplation. Visitors may stroll along the pond edge, immerse themselves in the sunken garden, or head indoors to the experience the park lodge. As visitors move throughout the site vegetation enhances their experience. The site grounds are populated with plants native to the Nebraska. The selection of native plants focuses on balancing aesthetic delight and conservative maintenance. Native plants were selected based on their seasonality, water requirements, provisions for wildlife habitat, and general maintenance needs.
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Enjoy the Journey: Visitors to Wyuka Park enjoy a leisurely stroll through the sunken garden. 11
Sunken Gardens
Gazebo
Outdoor Patio
Service Drive
Park Lodge
Drop-off
Parking
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Pond
Process Sketches Hand drawing is an important part of the design process. Process sketches are quick way to test out a variety of spatial configurations. Digital renderings are helpful for final renderings but hand drawings are the best for ideation. 13
Planting Plan
Dimensions
Lighting Isolux Plan 14
Gravity Retaining Wall - Section
Illustrative images for Wyuka Park are supported with a set of construction documents.
Gazebo - Elevation 15
Hands On Urbanism Copenhagen, Denmark
Team: Rachel Fox, DIS Urban Design Studio Spring 2014 Tools: Hand Drawing,
While studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark my classmates and I had the opportunity to participate in a design-build. We were tasked with creating an installation in Glentevej, a diverse neighborhood in Copenhagen. Our site was a small sliver of patchy grass that lied adjacent to the elevated train tracks and a bus stop. Perhaps the biggest asset of the site was a large wall of graffiti, in particular an abstract mural of Princess Mary, the crown princess of Denmark. We spent approximately a week doing site observation. We studied the patterns of movement on and around the site, documented how long people were on the site, and what they were doing. After we had obtained a thorough understanding of the site we began generating rough concepts and ideas. The following class we voted on one project that 16
we would develop further. My concept, “Hands on Urbanism� was voted by classmates and professor as the project we would build. Over the next few weeks week my classmates and I refined the design and completed construction on the temporary installation.
Hands On Urbanism: Giant hands emerged from the site providing seating generating dialogue about the future of Glenteparken. 17
Activate the Space Wichita, Kansas
Team: Rachel Fox, Cydnie Jones Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, Sketch-up
Wichita, Kansas is at a turning point. For many years the city core was neglected as sprawl stripped the city of its residents, businesses, and vitality. Wichita, like many other American cities, is working to reverse that trend. Through the work of the Wichita Downtown Development Corporation Wichita (WDDC) is becoming a more desirable place to live, visit, and do business. My colleague and I worked with the WDDC to envision a catalyst for change: Activate the Space. Activate the Space is a multi-block urban development along Wichita’s main thoroughfare. Each block capitalizes on a distinct set of opportunities and challenges. My colleague and I developed the overall principles and building layout for the three blocks and went into a finer level of design independently. My primary focus was the 18
design of the outdoor kitchen and garden space on the third block. Overall Activate the Space will create an industrious urban edge and provide a variety of quality outdoor spaces.
Preparing for a Saturday Feast: Residents take advantage of Cultivate Wichita’s rooftop garden as they harvest and prepare food alongside Wichita’s finest local chefs. 19
The Grove on Douglas
Developing Open Space Developing Century II: Convention and Performing Arts Center Creating Urban Edge
Connecting Water e Stree eeet
Activate The Space is categorized by three big moves. First the site retrofits all existing buildings on site. Removing them would be a waste of economic and cultural resources. Next we will reestablish the street grid by connecting Water Street. Lastly Activate the Space will create an urban edge.
Graphic by R. Fox +C. Jones
Existingg Site
Bright Nights Plaza
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Roof Top Garden
Rooftop Collage 1
Using collages to test multiple iterations of Cultivate Wichita’s rooftop garden was an essential part of my process. After drafting an initial plan for the garden I made smaller copies and began re-imagining how the space could work. Each collage provided a quick and liberating way to test out new ideas.
Rooftop Collage 2 Rooftop Collage 3 21
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