• TAYLOR BAER • taylord.baer@gmail.com
L A N D S C A P E ARCHITECTURE
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION 2015
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS
EXPERIENCE 1 week 2014
Department Of Landscape Architecture Bachelor Of Science
Deans Honor List 2012 - 2014
4 months 2014
Member Of Sigma Lambda Alpha
Created graphics for the SWA Shanghai Forest competition submittal.
Based on my hand rendering and communication ability, I was nominated by Davis faculty to mentor eschlickman@swagroup.com
CALLANDER ASSOCIATES
for the Design Visualization class, where I helped students refine sketching and rendering skills as well as how to draft to scale.
Landscape Architecture Intern
CONTACT
www.callanderassociates.com/
Sahoko Yui
syui@ucdavis.edu
CONTACT
AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Landscape
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Student Mentor - Design Visualization
Emily Schlickman
Member Of Phi Kappa Phi
ASLA: UC Davis Chapter
3 months 2014
CONTACT
Institutional GPA 3.69
HONORS
SWA Intern
Ben Woodside
3 months 2014
Architecture
bwoodside@callanderassociates.com
BAY AREA INFRASTRUCTURE OBSERVATORY Research Intern Researched the worlds largest shipping companies and
GRAPHIC SKILLS
Rhino, Sketchup, 3DS Max, V-ray, Adobe Suite, GIS, AutoCad, Hand Rendering, Model Building.
compiled the information for the first BAIO publication, “The Container Guide”. CONTACT Tim Hwang
tim.r.hwang@gmail.com
WEBSITES http://infraobservatory.com/ http://thecontainerguide.com/
3 months 2014
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Student Reader - Intro to Space-making Assisted students on how to approach conceptual design, and representation of their concept through physical model building.
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CONTACT Sahoko Yui
• TAYLOR BAER •
syui@ucdavis.edu
I have become increasingly obsessed with the rethinking of degraded infrastructure and infrastructural systems as a platform for cultural and ecological renewal in urban development.
Tract
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Untitled
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Landform
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The River District Passage
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Elk Grove
Tract Surrounded by the Mokolemne River and the Snodgrass Slough, the McCormack-Williamson Tract is currently used as an agricultural island. The tract’s key positioning between the Delta and the Sierra watershed makes it vulnerable to flooding during large storm events. The tract is reinforced with failing levees and is in desperate need of repair. This project analyzes the existing conditions and the potential of the site as a new seasonally inundated habitat. The goal of the class was to map and demonstrate the flooding process as well as visualize the new habitat friendly levees and place a social element somewhere on site. The McCormack-Williamson Tract aligns with the migrational patterns of the Sandhill Crane, which require shallow marshland for feeding. With the degradation of the southern levee there will be a constant area of flooding in the southern tip of the tract making it a perfect location for the bird blind. The bird blind was inspired by Maya Lin’s Confluence Project. It uses repeating vertical posts to block the movement that could disturb the bird but allows observers the ability to see with limited obstruction. The gentle arc of the walkway and the gradually increasing height of the blinding posts leads people to the main node of the bird blind where they are rewarded with elevated views over the water.
Fall 2014 Class: LDA 120 Grade Received: A Professor: Brett Milligan
California Delta
Galt
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Existing Levee
Habitat Friendly Levee
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Burrow Site
Sierra Watershed
Habitat Friendly Levee Degraded Levee Levee Breach Bird Blind
California Delta
Tidal Flux
Predicted Breach Waterflow
Annual Flooding
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Existing Condition: Southern Levee Degraded
Top of the levee 16’ above base
Predicted Flood Level : Low Tide
Predicted Flood Level : High Tide
Regraded for Riparian Habitat Slope: 5%
Bird Blind (Inspired by Maya Lin’s Confluence)
Regraded levee Slope: 3%
Levee Degraded to allow flooding
Constant flooding base at 0’
Highest Historical Flood Level Highest Average 14.9’ Flood Level Lowest Average 7.3’ Flood Level 3’
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[Untitled] Inspired by the sculpture Untitled, by Joel Shapiro and the ephemeral qualities of space, the courtyard design focuses on the impact of human interaction with the changes of the environment over time. Movable walls can be slid and spun along linear tracks in a series of movements that mimic the form of an intimate ballroom dance. The choreography of the space is dependent on its immediate function and provides flexibility that can accommodate a variety of programming needs. The Untitled sculpture, although static has a precarious and dynamic positioning that evokes a form of excited dance that changes depending on the angle of viewing. This informed the concept of the “dance” both in a physical interaction as well as the “dance of time”. The walls utilize the harsh natural lighting from the sun and cast dramatic shadows that move and ripple across the subtle articulation of the walls and ground-plane throughout the day. This allows the occupants of the building to visualize the passage of time. These shadows also provide small micro-climates that allow the space to function year round. During the colder months the walls can be positioned in a way that redirects and reflects thermal radiation providing warmth. Then during times of heat the walls cast shade and cooling. This change in micro-climate and affected use demonstrates a form of visualized choreography over the passage of a year.
Winter 2013 Class: LDA 70 Grade Received: A Instructor: Nina C. Napawan
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Joel Shapiro, ‘Untitled’, Inspiration Sculpture
UC Davis Hunt Hall Courtyard, Site Model
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Walls
Stage
Pockets
New space, circulation, and directionality is created in the courtyard by aligning the walls in linear paths. The movement of the space then functions around the flow of people like the walls of a levee directing the flow of water.
Positioning the walls in an arc helps indicate an area of rest and importance while providing space for larger group gatherings, presentations, concerts, and performances. The walls not associated with the formal arc can be scattered in a general arc to create intimacy and amplify sound back toward audience. The walls can also be utilized during performances to create a dynamic and interactive stage.
Pockets or “rooms� can be created by positioning the walls in small arcs. This can be used to absorb redirect solar radiation during cold months, which would make the courtyard more usable during the winter months. The rooms also create intimate areas for smaller groups of people to gather and commune.
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March 9:02 am
July 9:02 am
October 9:02 am
October 7:43 am
October 11:44 am
October 3:49 pm 13
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Landform Inspired by the juxtaposition of angular and curvilinear landform seen in the painting to the right. I aimed to create a re imagining of the painting using preconceived stereotypes of masculine and feminine form in a way that evokes both a strong connection between the two but also creates a sensitive tension at the point of their meeting. This is best seen in the narrow pocket of space crammed between the largest angular and rounded forms. In this space occupants are forced to observe the stark differences between the two major volumes. The tightness of the space evokes a natural tension and the wall at the end of the corridor forces the users to turn around and look at either or both forms. Landform is used to create two opposing aesthetic values. It is either curvilinear or angular. There are small areas where one landform bleeds into another, at the point of this meeting there is a transition which is covered with vegetation. Vegetation is the bridge between the angles and curves. This is due to the structural nature of trees grasses and shrubs. They are rigid in form but can flex, grow, and soften the groundform. Trees meld and soften the angles and provide an gradual unveiling into the space there it remains open for optimal viewing. Similar to the feeling of the painting.
Winter 2012 Class: LDA 70 Grade Received: A Professor: Nina C. Napawan
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Georges Braque, ‘The Road Near L’Estaque’, Inspiration Image
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The River District The River District is envisioned to be a vibrant neighborhood that reflects its unique geographic location at the confluence of the Sacramento and American river. Over the years, the site has fallen victim to neglect being sanctioned as a place for homeless refuge and warehouses. Although directly north of Downtown Sacramento it has remained cut off from the city only to be utilized by those who work there. This design aims to increase connectivity within and around the site and to create social resiliency by utilizing the existing river infrastructure for communal park space and new riparian habitat. The River District, before settled and urbanized, was a massive flood-plane that was seasonally inundated due to runoff from the Sierra’s. In an attempt to reference the natural flooding processes the design utilizes a “predicted� fluvial pattern imprinted in the urban footprint. This form became known as the Tributaries. The Tributaries cuts through buildings and streetscapes to provide and interconnected web reaching from the levee to the farthest corners of The River District. It functions as green pedestrian highway with view corridors and public open space. Strom-water is treated in the Tributaries by directing it from the streets into rain gardens and bioswales where it percolates back into the ground. During storm events the storm-water infrastructure is activated and as water is captured and moves through the site it references the historical flooding before development.
Sacramento River
American River West Sacramento
The tributaries lead to a large public park that functions as the cornerstone of the design. This park leverages urban growth and provides spaces for large public events. The levee remains habitat space, but a network of low impact sky-walks are placed along the levee to extend the tributary network and increase connectivity to the rivers edge. Spring 2014 Class: LDA 171 Grade Received: A Professor: Emily Schlickman Group Project: All work shown is mine
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Richards Blvd.
Design Concept Usable Public Space American River Informal Park/Courtyard (Tributary) Formal Park Plaza
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Rive
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31’ 30’ 29’
35’
Waveform Playground
Plaza Basketball Courts
40’ Rain Garden
35’ 23’ 26’ Vine
Stre
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Activites + Recreation Center
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Usable Public Space Water Large-Scale Community Event Space Sports + Recreation Space Riparian Habitat
65’ Mixed-Use
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Interior Courtyard
120’ Tower
Vine St.
Rain Garden
Multi-Use Field
Waveform Playground
River Dr
American River Biketrail
Riverfront Beach
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Folsom Lake
Port of Sacramento
Wetland The William G. Stone Lock located in West Sacramento is a neglected relic of shipping infrastructure placed between two dichotomous water-flows. The tidally influenced deep-water shipping channel at the Port of Sacramento and the seasonally flooded Sacramento River. As a part of an adaptive regional park the design included a robust wetland system. Utilizing the design philosophy of adaptive management the 36.7 acre dredge depot south of the lock is redesigned into a responsive wetland habitat. Large tidal gates at the north and south ends of the wetland control water flow through the site. The gates provide an inherent ability to adapt to the novel ecologies of California Delta and the annual flooding of the Sacramento River. By systematically opening and shutting the gates, the wetland ecosystem can be monitored for invasive and exotic species that could potentially damage the wetland habitat.
California Delta
The social connection to the wetland is increased through a complex network of paths and elevated scaffold walkways that offer a range of experiences at varying perspectives. During certain flooding periods if the gates are open, the paths will be submerged in water acting as a constant reminder that the wetland is a dynamic and changing system. Climbable scaffolding towers are placed in key areas highlighting the infrastructure. Water movement is also tracked at night by lights that activate as water moves through the wetland and water treatment infrastructure. Fall 2014 Class: LDA 191 Grade Received: A Professor: Brett Milligan Group Project: All work shown is mine.
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Infrastructure SCAFFOLDING TOWER STORM WATER BIOSWALE PEDESTRIAN SKY BRIDGE WEIR + ELEVATED WALK
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Creek
Gate Open
Gate Closed
Gate Open
Gate Closed
Gate Closed
Gate Open
inflow
draught/ low rain condition
Stormwater Capture
Tidal Gate
Tidal Gate
Stream
inflow
average water condition
River
outflow
annual flooding
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ADAPTIVE WETLAND RESPONSE WATER FISH
NORTH GATE OPENED
WATER LEVEL RAISES
WETLAND FULL
AQUATIC SPECIES
INPUTS
ORGANIC DEBRIS GARBAGE SEDIMENT
FLOOD EVENT FINISHED
NORTH GATE CLOSED
NO CHANGE
SOUTH GATE OPENED
SOUTH GATE CLOSED
WATER OUTPUTS
FISH AQUATIC SPECIES ORGANIC DEBRIS
RECHARGE GROUNDWATER
WATER PERCOLATES
GARBAGE SEDIMENT
GARBAGE
REMOVE GARBAGE
SEDIMENT
SOUTH GATE OPENED
WATER LEVEL LOWERED
MAINTENANCE
WETLAND DREDGED
WATER DRAINED
NATIVE INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVED
NORTH GATE CLOSED
INVASIVE MONITOR
WATER DRAINED
SOUTH GATE OPENED
INTRODUCTION OF NEW SPECIES
PASSIVE EXOTIC
NO FURTHER ACTION
EXISTING SPECIES
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Cut and grade new wetland + fill new mixed-use area
Development of new pedestrian network
Construction of tidal gates
Develop mixed-use building +planting
Istallation of weirs + skywalk foundation
03 Development of elevated paths Further development of mixed-use building
04 Development of new pedestrian scaffolding sky bridges Construction of scaffolding towers Final development of mixed-use building
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Activated Lighting As water flows through infrastructure lights are activated indicating the movement of water.
Waterflow
Lighting Locations
Lights activated by water overflow
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