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Michael Coyle Student Portfolio Pennsylvania State University

[Landscape Architecture]


Michael Coyle

4 Pansy Court, Newtown PA 18940 // (215)-208-6542 mtc5055@gmail.com // www.michaelcoyledesign.com

Objective

To work in the field of landscape architecture and learn more in various types of planning and design

Education

2006-2011 The Pennsylvania State University Bachelors in Landscape Architecture Overall GPA 3.28 // Five-year bachelors program graduation date May, 2011 Curriculum Highlights: Design Implementation, Design Studio, Storm Water Design, Landscape Architecture History, Landscape Materials, Art Theory, Soils, Math, Plant Biology, Geology, Ecology, American History, Design Visualization, and Urban Design Sede di Roma. Rome, Italy Fall semester 2009 Completed courses in Urban Design, Italian Studies, and Foreign Study Design

Experience

Boucher & James, Inc // Doylestown, Pennsylvania September, 2011 - Present Worked on municipal ordinance writing along with landscape revisions and inspections Freelance // Cape May, New Jersey Summer 2010 Designed and renovated an old Victorian Cape May house, by installing an irrigation system for garden as well as construct new bluestone sidewalks around the house Bucks County Community College “Kids on Campus.� 2004-Present Instructed middle/high school students on various design related camps at Bucks County Community Colleges enrichment camps Taught camps such as AutoCAD, Google Sketchup, Digital Design, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop Summer 2011 Penn State University Architecture and Landscape Architecture Camps Guided high school students through the design process in Architecture and Landscape Architecture


Awards and Honors

Attained Eagle Scout with Bronze Palm; the highest honor in The Boy Scouts of America 2nd Place in Penn State’s Stormwater Design Advertisement Competition

Activities:

LASS (Landscape Architecture Student Society) member; Graphic Designer Position Volunteered with American Cancer Society Competed in The Premio Piranesi Design Competition Involved in PARK(ing) Day Participated in “Brad Cantrell: Animating Montages Workshop” Participated in “Walter Hood: Performance Landscapes Workshop” Involved with Bennett Family Center Playground Charrette

Skills

Proficient with: AutoCAD, Rhino, Google Sketchup, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite Experience with: 3D Studio Max, Maya, ArcGIS

References Available Upon Request



Projects

Anacostia Riverfront Community F.D.R. National Historic Site Viale di Trastevere Toronto Waterfront Walter Hood Workshop Eagle Scout Project


Anacostia Riverfront Community A brownfield reclamation project

This studio was centered around mixed-use development. The site location is along the Anacostia River in Washington D.C. I wanted to focus on the idea of community. My goal was to design community gardens and farmers markets to attract this sense of community. The project location was originally a brownfield site, that was in desperate need of redevelopment. The site is cut off by several large highways and is in a less desirable area of Washington D.C.


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Community Gardens

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F.D.R. National Historic Site An ecotourism project

The FDR National Historic Site is in need of ecological preservation. Through this studio I examined preservation practices within the landscape. The most viable solution I discovered for the FDR site was to reclaim the deteriorating wetlands. Community involvement and tourism were the cornerstones to this project. A boardwalk trail system along the wetland areas would provide an educational understanding of how the wetlands function.


Wetland Educational Walk


Aerial Map of Historic Roosevelt Family Estate

F.D.R. National Historic Site

Historic Roosevelt Family Estate Val-Kill Site Boundary

Wetland Corridor

Albany Post Road

Historic Roosevelt Family Estate Val-Kill Site Boundary Existing Wetlands Proposed Wetland Buffer Proposed Wetland Corridor Wetland Connection Points

Wetland Corridor with Aerial Map

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Historic Roosevelt Family Estate Albany Post Road Val-Kill Site Boundary Existing Wetlands Proposed Wetland Buffer Proposed Wetland Corridor

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Viale di Trastevere A pedestrian oriented avenue

During my time at Penn State they require us to travel abroad to Rome for a semester. This project revolves around the redevelopment of a major vehicular corridor (Viale di Trastevere) that desperately needs revitalization. The avenue stretched 20 blocks in the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome. Because this was a central corridor for the area, I approached the avenue as a spine which holds the neighborhood together. The concept I developed used the idea of the central nervous system. The project also consisted of a plaza design adjacent to the avenue. This was our first chance to work at a small scale in an urban environment. The plaza played off of the central nervous system concept and allowed for easy movement to the rest of the Trastevere neighborhood.


Pedestrian Oriented Design


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Plaza Design Bluestone

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Bituminous Paver


Toronto Waterfront Community oriented park design

This project was based around a collaborative effort from architects and landscape architects. The goal was to develop a sustainable mix-use development in Toronto’s new Waterfront. I also developed an individual project that would serve as a park for the surrounding neighborhoods. The concept behind my park design was culture and community. It was important for me to design for the community and bring their needs to a much needed park within Toronto’s new waterfront.


Wild Flower Meadow


Toronto Waterfront

Site Context

This park was designed as a “culture park,” family oriented to serve the surrounding community. The purpose is to work with the surroundings by allowing optimal use of the space.

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1. Soccer/Active Use Recreation Field 2. Dog Park 3. Bicycle Parking 4. Men/Women’s Locker Room 5. Ice Hockey Rinks with Third Kilometer Track 6. Wave Hills 7. Chess and Games Park 8. Wild Flower Meadow 9. Reflecting Pool/Ice Skating Rink 10. Event Field 11. Event Space 12. Wetland Demonstration Garden 13. Ticket and Information Building 14. Park Maintenance Building 15. Northern Hardwood Forest

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Culture Park

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Section of Amphitheater


Toronto Waterfront Don River

Event Space

The main objective was to create a space that is unique to its surroundings. Toronto is a hockey town. Three ice skating rinks have been designed to allow the community to have active recreation

Wetland Demonstration Garden Wild Flower Meadow

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Walter Hood Workshop Performance Landscapes

Walter Hood came to Penn State in February of 2011 to conduct a workshop. Walter expressed the idea of sampling to create a concept. The project he had us work on was based in The Hill District in Pittsburgh. We used the upland forest as our sample. The site was located on a slowly eroding and sliding landscape due to coal extraction.

I developed two samples based off of the upland forest. The first idea was understanding light patterns on the forest floor. I triangulated this pattern and developed a concept for The Hill District site. From this pattern I created a system of caissons to help create a foundation for the site. The second sample was based off of slope and contours found in a tributary. I was able to develop a pattern from the contours to understand how slope works in a typical tributary found in an upland forest. The final product we had to do was to create a series of perspectives to show our designs.


Retaining Wall Design


Walter Hood Workshop Fragment

This sample was taken from a tributary in Mount Nittany. Based on the slope, I triangulated the steepest parts. The result is a map of crude contours that I overlayed onto the Hill District Site. This overlayed plan is designed to hold back the sliding hill with reinforced concrete retaining walls. Reinforced Concrete Retaining Wall

Tributary

Option 1: Fragment

*Model of Fragment


Sampling Upland Forest

Michael Coyle Student Portfolio Constellation

The idea for constellation came from sampling of the forest floor. I found patterns in where light touched the upland forest and I connected them together. The result created a constellation. This was overlayed onto the site. Points where light gathered more abundantly was given a larger node. These nodes were developed into caissons. Caissons will add support and prevent the hill from sliding. Caisson Retaining Wall

Option 2: Constellation

*Model of Constellation


Eagle Scout Project Connecting Nature

My Eagle Scout project was the design and construction of a 40 foot truss bridge that took two years to complete. More than 400 man hours helped in the process. This project was one of the biggest influences on me to go into the field of landscape architecture. The bridge is located in Tyler State Park in Newtown, Pennsylvania. It completes The Nature Trail which The Porter Run Creek goes through. The project taught me about the importance of communication and design. There were several phases that took place along the way to complete the project. Throughout the process I talked with civil engineers, maintenance supervisors, and mechanical engineers. Since 2005 the bridge has stood strong and acquired much love from the local park-goers. The Nature Trail is now the most heavily used trail in the park.


Truss Bridge in Tyler Park



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