rebecca shepard
landscape architecture portfolio
The essence of my work is to engage humans with their environment, through weaving the outdoor experience with educational elements. I thrive at the challenge to reclaim habitats for fish and wildlife by working with plants and reimagining the beauty and functionality of stormwater management. By providing opportunities to observe and interact with nature, my hope is to reconnect people with their landscape and thus create a more healthy and resilient relationship between people and their environment.
- rebecca shepard eugene, oregon
riverfront
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kelley creek
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green street
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outdoor plaza
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duck pond
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watercolours
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photographs
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an outdoor classroom for the university
a new trail system for gresham
connecting portlandians to their water
an outdoor living space at the PNCA
a space for students
making a splash
capturing the essence of kyoto
introduction
history
site analysis
site context
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millrace outflow
backwater slough engineered log jam
ADA path + trail
perch perch
bike path
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The riverfront is an outdoor classroom that engages people about riverine ecology along the Willamette River for the University and the Community. The comprehensive project considers flood plain levels, addresses prairie restoration, and offers opportunities for the re-establishment of salmon and wildlife habitat. The park provides a safe environment for essential access to the water’s edge through seating and walking areas nestled along edges.
observation The design purposely accommodates the urban landfill bridge that runs along the eroding steep banks of the river with the end result being a less invasive and more conducive design that works well within the constraints of the site.
mounds + vernal pools pavilion
UO property boundary
millrace
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history
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Rebecca Shepard Instructors: Rob Ribe | Mark Eischeid
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a new trail system for Gresham
The Planning studio collaborated with the City of Gresham, Metro and the Sustainable Cities Initiative to design a multimodal trail in the City of Gresham. The trail design optimizes scenic views and creates a high quality recreational experience that would attract tourists from the region and beyond. keystoneUSA-Zum/Rex Features
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Bird watching area
Native Plant demonstation garden
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connecting portlandians to their water
Union Station Eco-District is a new paradigm in Portland’s Stormwater management story, changing the traditional ‘cut and paste’ implementation of the City’s Stormwater Benjamin | Hipster Mr+Mrs O Management Manual. - Lives in RoundHouse - Stay at Main - Software Engineer - Loves hangin’ with friends in SD in the evenings
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Douglas Iris Iris douglasiana
California Grey Rush Juncus patens ‘Elk Blue’
Western Tiger Swallontail Papilio rutulus
Great Camas Camassis leichtinii
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Soil - Wet to moist throughout the year // Plants - High tolerance of wet soils
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Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’
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elements of design
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outdoor plaza an outdoor living space at the PNCA
Our Tech. Studio was challenged to redesign the front entrance of the Pacific Northwest College of the Arts in Portland. The goal was to create a livable outdoor space for the College and community. A complete set of construction drawings were created to translate the concept and design into deliverable documents ready for construction.
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addressing stormwater
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resilient plant palette
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early works | hand rendering
duck pond a place for students
The Duck Pond project re-imagines the courtyard between the Living and Learning Centers at the UO. As it exists, the green space lays fallow, unused because of its awkward exposed position. My intention was to transform it into a place for interactive student life. The new space creatively engages students to play, relax and kick-back between classes and dorm life. It becomes an outdoor extension to the cafĂŠ, providing artistic seating woven into the landscape, and the plant palette provides movement that ripples and flows bringing the courtyard to life.
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central park
watercolours making a splash
Capturing the ephemeral beauty of the landscape with just a splash of water and a touch of paint.
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magnolia grandiflora
magnolia lilliiflora
sansui |
mountain water
shinrin | sacred forest
photographs capturing the essence of Kyoto Reflecting on Kyoto through portraits of the vernacular landscape.
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wabi sabi |
impermanent beauty
suzu |
engawa |
verandah
singing bowls
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riparian forest
restored river channel + placed woody debris for habitat outflow
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riparian restoration riparian forest 65’
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