Sidney Buckingham Master of Landscape Architecture Portfolio

sidney buckingham

portfolio

landscape architecture

sidney buckingham education

work experience

Masters of Landscape Architecture Temple University | Graduation May 2022

Research Assistant Landscape Architecture Foundation | Philadelphia | Spring 2022-Current • Completing a landscape performance evaluation at the Rail Park • Quantifying sustainable, economic and social benefits • Participating in landscape architecture research methods training

Bachelors of Art in French Temple University | 2014-2018 | Magna Cumme Laude

skills AutoCAD Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign SketchUp Rhino Lumion

languages

French (fluent/C1) Spanish (advanced beginner/A2)

about

Landscape Design Intern Studio Bryan Hanes | Philadelphia | Summer 2021 • Developed designs from concept to schematic design, created • sketches, renderings, rhino models, grading, materials and layout plans.

Landscape Design Intern Philadelphia Parks Alliance | Philadelphia | 2017-2018 • Assisted in community design visioning meetings • Produced renderings • Conducted research on site history

leadership and awards President Student ASLA - Temple Chapter | Philadelphia | 2020-Current • Organizing events, lectures and workshops • Advising regional PA-DE ASLA Chapter on student outreach activities • Run book club for incoming students Planning & Analysis Merit Award | PA-DE ASLA Rosemary Hodgins Foreign Language Award | Temple University President’s Scholarship | Temple University

Sidney is a graduate landscape design student. Her work focuses on place making and memory with a focus on ecology, heritage, and community-driven design.

Sidney Buckingham, MLA

sidney.buckingham@temple.edu 213.507.7440 7126 Bryan St. Philadelphia, PA

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1. Weaving City and Sound Nykøbing Falster development plan

2. Common Ground Susquehanna Ave. street scape

3. Goldenrod Play Space New residential play and gathering spaces

4. ReThink the Refinery 2100 Former Philadelphia oil refinery development plan

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Development Strategy for Nykøbing Falster, Denmark SUMMARY The goal of this project is to create a development strategy for the medieval city of Nykøbing Falster, transitioning it from an industrial landscape to a mixed use waterfront while accounting for sea level rise.

CONCEPT This proposal rediscovers the harbor by breaking down existing barriers to build a new resilient relationship between the city, water and landscape through weaving the three elements together.

University of Copenhagen, Professor Ellen Braae, Fall 2021

Project completed with Eirick Bruun, Josaphine Bresson, Karen Vibeke, and Cecilie Engesgaard

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Recreation trail

GROWING CITY

Projected population growth and housing demand

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Artist workshop 2025

Flood-able park

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Sculpture garden

Sea level rise and storm surge prediction

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Flooded areas (2.5 m sea level rise)

BARRIERS AND INDUSTRY

Existing structures & circulation Flooded areas (2,5m sea level rise)

Marina Playground Library Nature center Wetland

Plaza Green space Harbor shoreline Large road Connecting road River shoreline

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Green space Harbor Shoreline

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Large Road Connecting Road River Shoreline

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Semi-Public Courtyard

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Artists’ workshops

Nykøbing Falster Heritage Museum

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Nature Center

Library

Private Garden

Section E-E - Entire Harbor front

Wooden Boardwalk

ADAPTIVE REUSE OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS

Existing buildings are reused as recreational, institutional and educational spaces. Transportation is redesigned around them in order to fully incorporate these buildings into the existing and proposed cityscape.

Sundby Bridge

Wooden Boardwalk

Nykøbing Falster Heritage Museum

NYKØBING FALSTER HERITAGE MUSEUM AND GARDEN A new regional locus with bicycle and pedestrian access

Paving gradient encourages direct nature interaction Industrial Relic

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public and private thresholds Old vs. New Building Blocks

GUIDED BY HISTORY New housing strategy

The new building typology takes inspiration from Nykøbing’s existing morphology of street front façades, courtyards, human scaled buildings and a jagged roof line.

In order to achieve a new identity in the new district the façades are tilted. This weaves the public harbor front with the private of the old city by creating semipublic pathways and courtyards.

Boardwalk

Harbor Walk

Proposed Residential Block

Semi-private Courtyard

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PLAZA ENTRANCE

Bike rack

Bollard

Storm water planter

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Street scape for Susquehanna Ave, Philadelphia, PA SUMMARY Common Ground seeks to harness the rejuvenating nature of a growing Temple University by creating opportunities for community art, economic advancement, and public gathering that will enhance both the historic and student communities.

CONCEPT Pedestrian access, a festive atmosphere, and multiple scales of gathering place all work together to foster a bond between the existing and student communities

Temple University, Professor Carter Van Dyke, Spring 2020

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all are welcome here

Festuca spp.

Baptisia australis Panicum virgatum

Asclepias tuberosa

COMMUNITY MURAL The community mural is composed of written descriptions and images of what makes a place a home from both students and neighbors to highlight commonalities.

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Mural project brings students and residents together

PAVEMENT DETAIL Concrete

Glass mosaic tile

Section E-E

14’-00” Sidewalk

10’-00” Planting/Parking

12’-00” Street

14’-00” Sidewalk

Stamped circle pattern

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03 goldenrod play space & gathering area

Outdoor community amenities for residential development, Bucks County, PA SUMMARY This is a central gathering area to serve the residents of a new neighborhood. It features a nature based play area, fire pits, and a dog park.

CONCEPT To create an enivronment for self led nature play and spontaneous community gathering using flexible materials found on-site.

Studio Bryan Hanes, Summer 2021

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Development strategy for the former PES Refinery, Philadelphia, PA SUMMARY A re-imagining of the former PES Refinery in South Philadelphia. This proposal envisions a symbiotic future landscape where nature and people benefit from each other.

CONCEPT To reconnect the site to both the city and shoreline and establish a new neighborhood in balance with the ecological functioning of the river

Temple University Professor Andrew Hayes and Donna Shumpert, Fall 2020 Project completed with Alyssa Hannigan

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Original Gas Works built

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Layers of History Sculpture Garden

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Sunoco Purchases Point Breeze & Girard Point Refineries

Farms Circa 1750

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First American Oil Well Established

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Philadelphia Consolidation Act

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Farms in Philadelphia county among most productive in PA

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Mass Immigration from Irish Potato Famine

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layers of history sculpture garden & environmental education center HEALING ECOLOGY AND COMMUNITY Former industrial structures are reused to aid in ecological restoration or as public art. Reinforced by the environmental education center, community members act as stewards, caring for the land with the attentiveness one would pay to a community garden.

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Schuylkill River Trail

Lower Schuylkill Environmental Education Center

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planning for change

>10’ elev. Upland Forest

SEA LEVEL RISE AND PLANT MIGRATION STRATEGY

5’-10’ elev.

Floodplain Forest

MHHW: 3.5’ MSL: 0.5’

Nuphar lutea subsp. advena

100-Year Flood: 10’

Hibiscus moscheutos

Planning for sea level rise means designing around migrating plant communities and siting building above vulnerable elevations

Lobelia siphilitica

2’-5’ elev. Tidal Marsh

Typha latifolia

Breakwater

Pontedera cordata

3’-5’ elev. Scrub/Shrubland

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TIDAL MARSH

PLANT COMMUNITY MIGRATION WITH SEA LEVEL RISE

Dredge Channel: -33’ KEY

Open Water

SLR: Sea Level Rise

Marsh

MHHW: Median Higher High Level Waterline

Scrub/Shrubland

MLLW: Median Low Lower Lever Waterline

Floodplain Forest

MSL: Mean Sea Level Rise

FLOODPLAIN FOREST

Upland Forest

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Impatien capensis

+5 SLR

Lilium superbum

+3’ SLR

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

+1’ SLR

Onoclea sensibilis

CURRENT WATER LEVEL

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from abstract to concrete Visualizing climate change

Existing Horton sphere

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Remove legs

Create cut-outs framing views

Paint line showing flood line of extreme storms

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sidney.buckingham@temple.edu 213.507.7440 7126 Bryan St. Philadelphia, PA