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ABOUT My passion for design was first discovered while attending Architecture school at the University of Michigan. I then became interested in the environment and attended Louisiana State University receiving my Masters of Landscape Architecture. My design interests include blending architecture with landscape, environmentally conscious and sustainable designs and working with native plant palettes. I also love to travel and learn about new landscapes and places.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Design Projects Mid-city Park New Orleans Ya’an Tea Agriculture Tourism Shreveport Hospital
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Planting
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Construction Research Louisiana Salt Domes St. Bernard Parish Demographics
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Urban Site Design Studio A.L. Davis Park
Multi-Use Urban Park in Mid-City, New Orleans, LA This project is part of a larger scheme that aims to create storm-water solutions for New Orleans. A matrix of programs were identified and then deployed across the current catch basins in order to pressure on city pumps in rain events ultimately saving New Orleans money. The A. L. Davis Park site is adjacent to family housing as well as a middle school. The design includes multiple structures that provide space for community and school gatherings while also providing storm-water catchment.
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A.L. DAVIS PARK Central City, New Orleans, Louisiana HARMONY OAKS multi family housing
Before
CARTER G. WOODSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
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1
3
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After 1
Learning Garden
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Assembly Area
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Learning Forest
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Community Gathering
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Basketball
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Pool
N 100ft
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Stormwater Design
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Runoff to cistern
Irrigation to tree boxes
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Above ground wa
Rainwater from Basketball Court
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Roof Collection
Water flow Irrigation Water storage Tree bed Lawn
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ater storage
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$5.9 Million $1.16 Million / Acre Large Trees Irrigation (from cisterns to beds) Demolition (tennis courts) Permeable paving 2,000 gal Cisterns Gravel Structural soil Plastic decking
CATCHMENT (in 99% storm) Runoff after = 101,200 cubic feet Runoff before = 142,700 cubic feet 31% Overall Reduction
65 x $500 each 800 ft
= =
$32,000 $400
$3 per sqft
=
$36,000
$12 per sqft 3 x $2,400 each $5 per sqft $40 per ton LS
= = = = =
$200,000 $7,200 $90,000 $138,400 $170,000
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YA’AN
Research Area
Ya’an
Chengdu
Tea House Entrance
Forest Hiking
Agricultural Hiking
Sichuan Agricultural University
Zhangjiaping Tea Resort
Stream Hike
Meijialin Tea Stay
Tea House Entrance
Agricultural Hiking
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Regional Planning 1/4 mi
1/2 mi
Agriculture Tourism Studio Growing a New Leaf
Tea Tourism in Ya’an China Ya’an is located at the beginning of the ancient tea-horse trail where tea fromVineyard China was Scenery traded for horses in Tibet. Mengding Mountain, located near Ya’an , is considered to be the first tea plantation. This creates an unique setting where Ya’an can become central to tea tourism in the area. Hiking Opportunities
Leelanau Peninsula
Old Mission Peninsula
North Wind: Dragon Protection Mountain Ridge: Dragon Spine
Feng Shui as first preservation technique through protection of the dragon spine.
Agricultural Experiences
Lake Michigan Shore Wine Country
Old Mission Peninsula Wine Trail
Ya’an
Michigan Wine Tourism
Zhangjiaping Tea Resort
Rustic-Vernacular Tourism
Trendy - Modern Tourism
Overnight Accommodations
Tea Elevation 580-750 m
South: Calm • Sunny
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Rural Feng Shui Analysis
Meijialin Tea Stay Sichuan Miaoxi Tea Plantation Hongcaocun Tea Plantation
Ya’an Museum 30 m
Mengding Mountain birthplace of tea cultivation
56 m
Mengshan Tea Plantation 47 m 1 hr
YA’AN
Zhangjiaping Tea House
Chengnan Tea House
Xinhua Tea House Sichuan Agricultural University Tea Factory
1 hr 24 m
Xinyuan Tea Workshop
YA’AN
Tea Routes
Ya’an Tea Tourism
Driving day trip from Ya’an
Fulai Tea House
Zhangjiaping Tea Resort
Walking day trip from resort
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Tea Fields Overnight Shelters
Meijialin Tea Stay Tea Temple
Tea Garden
Tea Warehouse/ Factory
To Ditch Litou
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Because the site is rich in cultural, environmental and agricultural resources, programmatic elements are developed to provide a full experience through the exploration of tea.
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Feng Shui Design To Tea House Entrance
To Zancunba
The design of the tea villages are influenced by feng shui methods, where it is important to: orient to protect from north wind, orient agricultural fields to face south, preserve the dragon spine (or mountain ridge), and position buildings parallel to agricultural fields.
Entrance
Overnight Parking Meijialin Village
Tea House
To Downtown Ya’an
To Tea Temple, Tea Fields, Tea Stay, Production Facility
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Create Left Turn Lane
LSU Shreveport Hospital
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Street Planting and Entry Planting Design A new covered entry along with multiple additions to the LSU Shreveport Teaching Hospital offers the opportunity to create a cohesive planting design for the campus. The use of street trees provides unity across the campus and other plantings offer interest in entries and pedestrian areas.
Minimize Entrances
From Hwy 20
Entry Issues from Kings Hwy Westbound
1 Continue Straight for •Covered Drop-off •Main Entrance
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g kin Par ure To truct S
P
P
g arkin To Pructure St
Circulation
Create Connection
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Lot To , C B
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To Lot B, C
Minimize Entrances
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New Entry Street Planting
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LSU MEDICAL CENTER Sign with Way-finding
2 Left for •Structure Parking •Outdoor Parking Lot A, B, C, etc.. •Campus Entrance
Way-finding
Tree Planting Scheme
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LSU Shreveport Hospital Perspective Sketches
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Planting Designs
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11 - TL
1 - LGM Existing Edge of Walk
11 - YKR
1 - LGM
3 - RS
1 - LGM
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34
40 - AJ 10 - TL
3 - LC
5 - 14” Stairs with 4” Rise
3 - 1.5’ Seat Terraces
3 - RS
10 - YKR
3 - RS
3 - RS
35 1 - OM 12 - YKR
3 - RS
34 4 - LC 1 - LGM
11 - TL 1 - OM
3 - 1.5’ Seat Terraces
3 - 1.5’ Seat Terraces
9 - TL
Existing Edge of Walk
1 - OM
9 - LC 1 - OM
11 - YKR
10 - YKR
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5 - RS 34
1 - LGM
3 -14” Stairs with 4” Rise
8 - TL
Existing Edge of Walk 85 - AJ 3 - RS
PLANTING PLAN
SYMBOL
Scale: 1” = 10’
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5’
10’
20’
90 - AJ
1 - LGM
QTY
ABR
BOTANICAL NAME
COMMON NAME
SPACING
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OM
Magnolia x solangeana
Oriental Magnolia
NA
30 Gal
SIZE
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LGM
Magnolia x grandiflora ‘Little Gem’
Little Gem Magnolia
NA
15 Gal 8 Gal
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LC
Loropetalum chinense ‘Burgundy’
Burgundy Chinese Witch Hazel
4’ Off Center
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RS
Spiraea cantoniensis
Reeve’s Spirea
4’ Off Center
8 Gal
54
YKR
Rosa x ‘Radsunny’ P.P. #18562
Yellow Knockout Rose
3’ Off Center
5 Gal
49
TL
Lantana montevidensis
Trailing Lantana
3’ Off Center
5 Gal
215
AJ
Trachelospermum asiaticum
Asain Jasmine
6” Off Center
1 Gal
NOTES Multi-trunk (preferably 5)
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Construction Documents
FFE = 33.27 T.W. = 36
35.77 33.18 32.85 32.52 32.19 31.86 31.53
31.51
T.W. = 36.5
31.51
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32.99 T.W. = 36.5
31.52
TREE GRATE 31.25
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31.53 31.53 31.53
33.03
34.53
36.03
31.4
31.53
36
CB 31.25
3 - 1.5’ Seat Terraces
T.W. = 38.77
CB 31.25
T.W. = 36.5
T.W. = 37
T.W. = 36.5
33.27 34.77 36.27 37.77
1%
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CB 33
3 - 1.5’ Seat Terraces
T.W. = 36.5
T.W. = 36
T.W. = 34.2
5
T.W. = 37.77
31.51
31.43
32.99
33.21
Bench
T.W. = 36
33.27
3 - 1.5’ Seat Terraces
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5 - 14” Stairs with 4” Rise
T.W. = 36
7.9%
1% Existing Slope
1%
35.77
33.07
33.27
35
T.W. = 34.2
33.21 Bench
35
2
33
32
CB 31.75
T.W. = 37.77
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33.2
33
33.2
33.27
36
33.27
Existing Edge of Walk
Existing Edge of Walk
T.W. = 37.0
32.9 34.4 35.9
31.53 T.W. = 36.5
35
1
T.W. = 36.0
34 33
T.W. = 36.5 3 -14” Stairs with 4” Rise
1%
T.W. = 34.2 32.57
31.56 31.89 32.22 32.55 32.57
T.W. = 34.2
32.57
Existing Edge of Walk
Watershed
GRADING PLAN
Area
Pipe Size
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493 SF
3”
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285 SF
1 1/2”
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470 SF
3”
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336 SF
2”
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132 SF
1 1/2”
Scale: 1” = 10’
N
20
5’
10’
20’
EXISTING COLUMN
1/2” EXPANSION JOINT
1/2” EXPANSION JOINT
4” CONCRETE PAVEMENT
REBAR
6” CRUSHED AGGREGATE STONE
REBAR
COMPACTED SUBGRADE 95% STANDARD PROCTOR
1'-2"
4"
CONCRETE SEATING REBAR DOWEL REBAR REINFORCEMENT 1'
1
CONCRETE STAIRS
KEYWAY 1'
Scale: 1/4” = 1’-0”
PLAINTING SOIL
2'-10"
4” CONCRETE PAVEMENT
6" 4"
1’
TREE GRATE
1'-6"
COMPACTED SUBGRADE 95% STANDARD PROCTOR
6'-3"
6” CRUSHED AGGREGATE STONE
1/2” EXPANSION JOINT 4” CONCRETE PAVEMENT 6” CRUSHED AGGREGATE STONE STRUCTURAL SOIL COMPACTED SUBGRADE
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CONCRETE SEATING
4'-2"
Scale: 1/4” = 1’-0”
3" 6"
3' 1'
10'-5"
3
TREE GRATE
Scale: 1/2” = 1’-0”
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Salt Domes: Indicators of Industry Salt, pipelines, wells, faults
Louisiana’s Coastal Salt Structures
Revealing a Geologic Scalar Shift
The Bayou Corne sinkhole is an ongoing environmental disaster that reveals the temporal and spatial scale involved in geologic process and manipulation. An underground cavern excavated within a salt dome has collapsed and created a 30-acre lake on the Earth’s surface. Given the amount of reconfigured geology linked to salt domes, this one event has broader implications when put into Louisiana’s coastal extractive industrial context. A new terrain of subterranean voids has been composed within a landscape of complex geologic and tectonic processes. Exploring the distribution of salt domes and caverns across Louisiana reveals the expanse of vulnerable conditions involved in these post-mined landscapes.
Research
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New Orleans Cultural Study
1800
St Bernard Parish Settlement
LAKEVIEW
1840
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immigra
ers
German farm
LAFAYETTE
AFRICAN AMERICAN
DEMOGRAPHICS
WHITE
GERMAN
IRISH
1910
working class
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1870
Arabi subdivision
cana
immigration and movement
Parish boundary moves Stockyards out of city
Peasants from Sicily recruited by sugar planters
IRISH CHANNEL
[ local: 1800-1940]
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ated slav
Emancip
1880
AMERICAN CITY
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Greek 6th wa
1890
‘BACK OF TOWN’
EMANCIPATION 65
1900
Stockyard Landing
White only mi
1920
CARROLLTON SUBURB
‘LITTLE PALERMO’
ddle-class su
burbs
1930
Chinatown
Fazendeville
‘poor’ Third Municipality
Faubourg Tremé
1940
esplanade
1850
g class
orkin Irish w
French Quarter
1860
Wealthy Francophones move from
1830
1820
Anglo-Americans
1810
LOUISIANA PURCHASE 03
STOCKYARD LANDING Orleans parish boundary moved to eliminate slaughterhouses from New Orleans.
FLOOD OF 1927 Decision to flood St. Bernard was made by wealthy urbanites. Breaches upriver made the destruction of St. Bernard Parish unnecesary.
dumping grounds
St. Bernard Parish is compromised in flood of 1927. The poorer residents were never fully compromised for their losses.
ISLEÑOS Terre Aux Boeuf meaning ‘Land of Cattle’ is a landscape that acts as a buffer preserving the Isleño culture
rural lifestyle
The isleños arrived to New Orleans during the Spanish colony era. They were given land in various locations to act as a first line of defense for invaders to the city.
Isleños made their living off the fertile soils of the region and quickly became self-sustaining. They first farmed produce sold to the residents of New Orlenas and later trapped and fished off the bayous of St. Bernard Parish
Research
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