TAYLOR DRAKE
Design Portfolio
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Shaped by my upbringing in the San Francisco Bay Area, I have long held a deep respect for the ways in which people interface with natural systems. Consequently, I am constantly looking to expand my understanding of the means by which people utilize, harness, and conserve natural resources. In efforts to further my knowledge of fundamental ecological processes, and ultimately to design solutions deploying that knowledge, I attained a dual-degree in Environmental Science and Product Design. These two educational pathways have complemented one another professionally, enabling me to think in the language of systems, take into account product and ecological life cycles, and design at a macro and micro scale. To inform my design process, I have conducted strategic social and ecological research in wide-ranging media such as client interviews, focus groups, market surveys, cutting-edge materials exploration, controlled lab experiments, and field studies. In creating design solutions, I have produced information graphics, feasibility studies, schematic designs, and construction documents. In addition to water systems, horticulture and ecology, green infrastructure, renewable energy, and climate change, my personal interests include hiking, biking, and cooking. References available upon request.
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TAYLOR HERRICK DRAKE
510 506 3488 TAYLORHDRAKE@GMAIL.COM TAYLORHDRAKE.COM
EMPLOYMENT
AWARDS
WE Design Landscape Architecture Environmental Designer May ‘16 - Current
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA-NY) (’17) Design Award: Gardens Rising Green Infrastructure Feasibility Study (WE Design)
Urban Ecology Lab Freelance Graphic Design Consultant, Researcher Dec ’14 - Current
Fast Company World Changing Ideas Awards (’17) Finalist in ‘Corridors of Power’ Category EL Space (WE Design, Design Trust for Public Space)
SCAPE Landscape Architecture Design Intern Dec ‘14 - May ’15 / Aug ‘15 - Dec ’15
American Planning Association (APA-KY) (’16) Outstanding Use of Technology in Civic Engagement: Town Branch Water Walk (SCAPE)
SWA Group Design Intern May ‘15 - Aug ’15
Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design (’16) Honorable Mention, Temporary Installation Town Branch Water Walk (SCAPE)
Gowanus Canal Conservancy Reseasrcher, Graphic Designer May ‘15 - Aug ’15
James Dyson Award (’15) Grant for DownSprout Project
EDUCATION
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (’15) Cities Alive Student Bursary
Parsons the New School for Design ‘15 Product Design BFA (Magna Cum Laude)
Tishman Environment & Design Center (’15) Sustainable Design Grant
Eugene Lang the New School for Liberal Arts ‘16 Environmental Science BA (Magna Cum Laude)
Parsons Festival (’15) Featured Student Work: DownSprout
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design ‘12 Product Design Foundation Diploma
PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design ’14 Landscape Architecture & Urban Design Pre-masters Summer Intensive
DNA Info + Architect’s Newspaper + ASLA ‘The Dirt’ (’16) Gardens Rising (WE Design) Crain’s New York + LAM (’16) EL Space (WE Design, Design Trust for Public Space)
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
New York Times + The Guardian (’16) Seeds of a Good Anthropocene (Urban Ecology Lab)
350.org (’16) Freelance Graphic Designer
Toward an Urban Ecology (’16) Town Branch Water Walk (SCAPE)
MOLD: Designing Food Futures (’16) Contributing Author
Urban Resilience Sustainability Research Network (’16) Climate & Socioecological Information Design (Urban Ecology Lab)
The New School Board of Governors: Student Spokesperson (’16) Sustainable Cities Club: Lead Organizer (’15-’16) Marketing Video: Student Profile (’16) Public Programs: Tour Guide, Orientation Leader (’13-’15) Boy Scouts of America (’00-’11) Eagle Scout
PROGRAMS Adobe Suite Autodesk AutoCAD ESRI ArcGIS Rhinoceros
Solidworks Sketchup Final Cut Pro Tumult Hype 3.0
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DOWNSPROUT
A Modular System to Capture Stormwater p. 6
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GARDENS RISING
Green Infrastructure for a Resilient Lower East Side p. 12
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SAINT LUKE
Bioinfiltration Garden p. 18
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EL SPACE
Reclaiming Space Under the Elevated p. 22
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CONNECT THE DOTS
Corridor Enhancement Analysis p. 26
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TOWN BRANCH WATER WALK
Daylighting an Urban Stream p. 30
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GREENING GOWANUS
Identifying Suitable Land for Green Infrastructure p. 34
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FAR ROCKAWAYS
Flood Mitigation Dunescape p. 38
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1. DOWNSPROUT The DownSprout system treats rainwater and runoff from roofs using a bio-inspired process derived from a riparian edge. Water is diverted from downspouts into a system of modular units designed to function as three distinct hydrologic zones that collectively filter water similarly to a marshland. The three modules differ in shape, slope, and depth, employing a diversity of plant species with differing root depths and customized soil types for a variance in microbiologies. Because of its modularity, the DownSprout system can be customized to fit into a variety of vertical spaces. This flexibility allows for a distributed network of DownSprout systems to capture and filter runoff, diverting it from environmentally hazardous combined sewage overflows (CSOs). In addition, the modularity allows the units to be individually replaced, replanted, or repaired, extending the life of the system. Case studies for the DownSprout involved an investigation of three sites within New York City that represent differing physical typologies and corresponding governance/ownership structures: residential brownstone houses, NYCHA public housing buildings, and the Williamsburg Bridge. DownSprout is meant to celebrate a once invisible water system by daylighting the flow of runoff and demonstrating ecological processes through visual and artistic means. As an educational feature, DownSprout encourages human involvement with an increasingly valuable resource, acting as a tangible reminder of water conservation. View the complete project book at https://issuu.com/taylorhdrake
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2. GARDENS RISING WE Design’s Gardens Rising Green Infrastructure Feasibility Study is a community-based approach to enhancing the sustainability and resiliency of community gardens in the Lower East Side. A convergence of design, engineering, and community engagement, the project addresses climate change adaptation in a vulnerable coastal community through the use of applied resiliency strategies. The project serves the needs of community gardeners by proposing ways to improve water quality within the gardens, treat stormwater runoff, address issues of water supply, enhance local habitat, and create sources for renewable energy. In addition to ecological resilience recommendations, proposed social resilience strategies entrust responsibility on these publicly-owned and volunteer-operated community gardens to function as socially cohesive spaces, both on a daily level and during extreme events where social networks can be critical for safety and relief. The report outlines each strategy’s benefits, considerations, maintenance requirements, and costs so as to be useful beyond the scope of this project. In outlining the fieldwork and community engagement process, assessing relevant opportunities, and developing technical and community-based criteria for evaluating community gardens, the Feasibility Study provides a replicable framework by which sustainability and resiliency goals can be implemented in other community gardens or community garden districts. The Gardens Rising Green Infrastructure Feasibility Study won a merit award in the ASLA-NY 2017 Design Awards, along with firms AECOM, Bjarke Ingels Group, West 8, James Corner, and Nelson Byrd Woltz. The project was featured in a DNA Info article, and discussed by Architect’s Newspaper, World-Architects.com, and ASLA’s ‘The Dirt’. View the complete project book at https://issuu.com/wedesignnyc
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3. SAINT LUKE WE Design installed a rain garden at the Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew in Brooklyn as part of a larger green infrastructure project funded by a NYC DEP Green Infrastructure grant program. The project harvests rainwater from the roof of the church, storing some in rain barrels and channeling the overflow into rain gardens designed to infiltrate and absorb stormwater. The rain gardens protect the foundations of the historic building while preventing rainwater overflow from entering the combined sewer. The project also includes a large installation of permeable paving, with slot drains that direct water into the rain gardens. My role for this project was the management position during the planting phase. This involved working off the planting plan to tabulate all DEPapproved rain garden plants, attain competitive quotes from several nurseries, and correspond with the nurseries to order and deliver plants. I then worked on site to lead the group during the planting day in staging, planting, and mulching the planting area.
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DESIGN PHASE
Images courtesy of WE Design
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CONSTRUCTION PHASE Images courtesy of WE Design
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ANY ALTERATION OF PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, PLATS AND REPORTS BEARING THE SEAL OF A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER OR LICENSED LAND SURVEYOR IS A VIOLATION OF SECTION 7209 OF THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION LAW, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR BY SECTION 7209, SUBSECTION 2.
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Viburnum sp Rosa sp Paeonia suffruticosa Hibiscus syriacus
Tree Peony Rose of Sharon
Hosta sp (Big leaf) Hosta sp (Varigated) Hosta sp (Little leaf) Hemorocallis sp Rudbeckia hirta
Hosta Hosta Hosta Daylily Black-eyed Susan
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PROJECTIONS ON STREET:
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Dwarf Fothergilla Oakleaf Hydrangea Rhodendron Swamp Rose Swamp Azalea
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Anemone canadensis Aquilegia canadensis Actea racemosa Eupatorium dubium 'Little Joe' Heuchera americana 'Green Spice' Iris versicolor Juncus effusus Lobelia cardinalis Matteuccia struthiopteris Monarda 'Petite Delight' Polystichum acrostichoides Spiraea tomentosa Tiarella cordifolia 'Running Carpet' Viola walteri 'Silver Gem'
Canada Anemone Columbine Black Cohosh Joe Pye Weed Alumroot Blue Flag Iris Common Rush Cardinal Flower Ostrich Fern Wild Bergamot Christmas Fern Steeplebush Foamflower Prostrate Blue Violet
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THE CHURCH OF ST. LUKE AND ST. MATTHEW 520 CLINTON AVENUE BROOKLYN, NY 11238
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4. EL SPACE
WE Design Principal Tricia Martin was selected as one of the three design fellows of the Design Trust for Public Space to partner with NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) on a project aimed at transforming the space beneath New York City’s elevated transportation infrastructure— including bridges, highways, subways and rail lines. The El Space pilot project in Sunset Park, beneath the Gowanus Expressway at 36th Street and 3rd Avenue, proposes to integrate above-grade bioretention planters into the underutilized paved area. The planters will not only absorb stormwater runoff collected from the expressway, but will integrate horticultural lights for plant growth in the dark environment, and structural lighting features to increase pedestrian safety for residents of Sunset Park and workers at Industry City. With the addition of benches attached to the planters and bike parking areas, the project will pilot urban design strategies that incorporate green infrastructure, public space, and lighting, so as to inform future NYC DOT capital projects in similar conditions around the city. The El Space Pilot project was featured in Crain’s New York and Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM), and was awarded a finalist listing in Fast Company’s 2017 World Changing Ideas Awards.
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5. CONNECT THE DOTS Connect The Dots is an analysis project that looks at how to amplify the ecological productivity of patches around New York City by enhancing or creating interconnectivity. The ecological productivity, biodiversity, and therefore resilience of a patch is often proportional to the size of the patch. Therefore, a better connected series of open spaces, as well as active corridors between different typologies of spaces (like the Jamaica Bay to the Old Growth Forest in Central Park) can create exponentially more resilient ecologies, and strengthen a community’s ability to be resilient to disturbances- ultimately creating healthier ecological communities. Connect the Dots is a project funded by the New School’s Tishman Environment & Design Center to envision what New York City might look like if it were better connected, and what kinds of socio-ecological relationships might begin to develop. The project is a collaboration with outcomes ranging from ecological examinations of species flows to design proposals for sitespecific methods to connect patches to each other within New York City.
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6. TOWN BRANCH WATER WALK Designed to compliment SCAPE Studio’s Town Branch Commons project, the Town Branch Water Walk is a self-guided tour along a culverted stream in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. Developed in collaboration with MTWTF and students from the University of Kentucky, the project involved an interactive scale model and digital maps displaying themes such as water infrastructure, karst geology, local ecology, history, and green infrastructure. The tour consists of nine geotagged podcasts that teach users about the underground stream beneath the city, the Town Branch. Participants end the tour with a comprehensive understanding of the ways in which the city relies on the steam, and also the ways by which residents can have an effect on the quality of water in their daily actions. The website, complete with all nine podcasts, can be found at TownBranchWaterWalk.com. The Town Branch Water Walk won a Special Merit Award from the American Planning Association Kentucky Chapter for an Outstanding Use of Technology in Civil Engagement in 2016. The project also won an honorable mention in the Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards in 2016 in the Temporary Installation category. The project is discussed in ASLA’s The Dirt, as well as the Architect’s Newspaper, and is also outlined in SCAPE Studio founder Kate Orff’s book, Toward an Urban Ecology.
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PERVIOUS SURFACE
HISTORICAL PALIMPSEST
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WATER SYSTEMS
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KARST GEOLOGY
PODCAST MAP / PAMPHLET
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UITABILITY ANALYSIS | outline | 3
7. GREENING GOWANUS Greening Gowanus consisted of a suitability analysis of potential sites for ecologically productive development and green infrastructure in the Gowanus Canal Watershed. Layering geographic features, existing and potential land uses, and demographic data resulted in a comprehensive analysis for developers and designers. Such analysis can assist in achieving and maintaining economic sustainability and ecological resilience in the watershed and the larger neighborhood and community. The overarching research question was “which public, private, and privately owned public spaces in the Gowanus Canal Watershed are most suitable for ecologically productive development?� Though future developers and designers will address individual lots depending on their projects, the final suitability analysis compiles relevant factors that can inform future decisions. The client for this project was the Gowanus Canal Conservancy.
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Lot Identification
VARIABLES MEAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME BY CENSUS TRACT (2013) Source: U.S. Census
POPULATION DENSITY PER SQ. MILE BY BLOCK GROUP (2013)
BROWNFIELDS
PROXIMITY TO SCHOOL
Source: Toxic Release Inventory
Source: Map PLUTO
PROXIMITY TO FLOOD ZONE
PROXIMITY TO SUBWAY ENTRANCE OR BUS STOP
Source: FEMA
Source: NYC Open Data
PROXIMITY TO CSO OUTFLOW POINT
Source: U.S. Census
Source: Oasis
CRITERIA POTENTIAL/NEED FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
PROXIMITY TO POPULATION OF INTEREST
Suitability
SUITABILITY ANALYSIS | matrix one | 4
MEAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME BY CENSUS TRACT (2013)
PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY
PROXIMITY TO POPULATION OF INTEREST
Source: U.S. Census
Suitability
Suitability
POPULATION DENSITY PER SQ. MILE BY BLOCK GROUP (2013) Source: U.S. Census
BROWNFIELDS Source: Toxic Release Inventory Suitability
SUITABILITY ANALYSIS | criteria one | 5
Suitability
POTENTIAL/NEED FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
PROXIMITY TO FLOOD ZONE Suitability
Source: FEMA
PROXIMITY TO CSO OUTFLOW POINT Suitability
Source: Oasis
SUITABILITY ANALYSIS | criteria two | 6 PROXIMITY TO SCHOOL Suitability
PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY
Source: Map PLUTO
Suitability
Suitability
PROXIMITY TO SUBWAY ENTRANCE OR BUS STOP Source: NYC Open Data
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PUBLIC LAND USE SUITABILITY
PRIVATE LAND USE SUITABILITY
PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC LAND USE SUITABILITY
POTENTIAL/NEED FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
POTENTIAL/NEED FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
PROXIMITY TO POPULATION OF INTEREST POTENTIAL/NEED FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY
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PUBLIC LAND USE INTERVENTIONS
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Suitability Suitability Gowanus Canal
SUITABILITY ANALYSIS | matrix two | 8 Suitability
Gowanus Canal
PUBLIC LAND USE SUITABILITY
Privately Owned Lots
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BILITY ANALYSIS | public land use | 9
SUITABILITY ANALYSIS | privately owned public land use | 11
SUITABILITY ANALYSIS | private land use | 10
PUBLIC LAND USE INTERVENTIONS
Intervention ID Schools Bus stops Subway entrances Chosen lots Lots highlighted for public use Brooklyn tax lots Canal
LITY ANALYSIS | public interventions | 12
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PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC LAND USE INTERVENTIONS
PRIVATE LAND USE INTERVENTIONS Intervention ID Intervention ID Schools Schools Bus stops Bus stops Subway entrances Subway entrances Chosen lots Chosen lots Lots highlighted for public use Lots highlighted for public use Brooklyn tax lots Brooklyn tax lots Canal Canal
Intervention ID Intervention ID Schools Schools Bus stops Bus stops Subway entrances Subway entrances Chosen lots Chosen lots Lots highlighted for public Lots highlighted use for public use Brooklyn tax lots Brooklyn tax lots Canal Canal
SUITABILITY ANALYSIS | private interventions | 13
Intervention ID Schools Bus stops Subway entrances Chosen lots Lots highlighted for public use Brooklyn tax lots Canal
SUITABILITY ANALYSIS | privately owned public interventions | 14
Address: Address: Address: 317 317 317 Hoyt Hoyt Hoyt Street Street Street
Address: Address: Address: 160 160 160 Wyckoff Wyckoff Wyckoff Street Street Street
Address: 268 Address: Address: 268 268 Bergen Street Bergen Bergen Street Street
Address: 361 Address: Address: 361 361 3rd Avenue 3rd 3rd Avenue Avenue
Address: Address: Address: 530 530 530 President President President Street Street Street
Address: Address: Address: 295 295 295 Douglass Douglass Douglass Street Street Street
Owner: Owner: Owner: NYC NYC NYC DOE DOE DOE
Owner: Owner: Owner: NYC NYC NYC DPR DPR DPR
Owner: Ulano Owner: Owner: Ulano Ulano Corporation Corporation Corporation
Owner: LMS Owner: Owner: LMS LMS Realty Associates Realty Realty Associates Associates
Owner: Owner: Owner: PDS PDS PDS Carroll Carroll Carroll Street Street Street LL LLLL
Owner: Owner: Owner: 295 295 295 Douglass Douglass Douglass Street Street Street Association Association Association
Zoning: Zoning: Zoning: R6B R6B R6B
Zoning: Zoning: Zoning: Park Park Park
Zoning: M1-2 Zoning: Zoning: M1-2 M1-2
Zoning: C8-2 Zoning: Zoning: C8-2 C8-2
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Address: 160 Wyckoff Street Owner: NYC DPR Zoning: Park Public parks are not generally subject to zoning regulations. This space is bounded by a NYCHA development (Gowanus Houses) and has an assortment of ball courts and a playground. Much of the area is paved. Potential interventions include bioswales on the sidewalk in front of the park, and replacing hard surfaces within the park with absorbent, green alternatives. Perhaps by working with NYCHA and the residents of the Gowanus Houses, GCC could facilitate green roofs on the apartment buildings, further relieving storm water runoff.
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Address: 268 Bergen Street Owner: Ulano Corporation Zoning: M1-2 This zoning district is often used as a ‘buffer zone’ of sorts between heavier industrial areas and residential areas. The designation allows for 1-2 story buildings used for light manufacturing. The building is owned by the Ulano Corporation, which manufactures screen printing products. It is difficult to gauge whether or not the roof of this building (which is quite large) might be suitable for a ground-cover green roof, for instance, because of the ventilation structures that cover much of the area. Green infrastructure on the sidewalk may also prove difficult because of loading and unloading on the block. Despite these challenges, this is a huge building, and perhaps with careful planning the building’s potential can be utilized.
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Address: 530 President Street Owner: PDS Carroll Street LL Zoning: M1-2 Also in a light manufacturing district, this building extends from President Street through to Carroll. The Textile Arts Center (TAC), a space that holds workshops and studio space for textile-based work and learning, uses the first floor of the Carroll street frontage. TAC has a program committed to growing plants for natural dyes and partnering with community gardens; perhaps there is room for a partnership with GCC using the skills of their program participants? It is not clear what the rest of the building is used for, but the roof is large and appears unused. There is a community garden slightly east of the building; since there is already some greenery, and there is a bridge on Carroll across the canal, this might be a fruitful site for a green corridor.
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8. EL SPACE: FAR ROCKAWAY El Space: Far Rockaway is WE Design’s second iteration of the Under The Elevated project, facilitated through NYC’s Design Trust for Public Space and partnered with NYC Department of Transportation (DOT). The project aims to transform the space beneath New York City’s elevated transportation infrastructure— including bridges, highways, subways and rail lines. The Rockaways is a narrow barrier island off the coast of New York City, accessible by the A-train subway. The proposed design is located in an empty lot adjacent to an elevated A-train station. Due to the high water table, the site is very susceptible to flooding, which frequently occurs during storm events. Stormwater from the elevated subway platform roof is currently funneled from the downspouts into the adjacent lot, flooding sidewalks and roads in the area and blocking access to the station’s stairs. The proposed intervention redirects water from the downspouts into a system of large planters designed to infiltrate and contain the rainwater. The planters’ form takes inspiration from the dunes that naturally occur only a few blocks away, along the coast. Slow-draining pond liners within the dunes create ephemeral pools as water slowly infiltrates, allowing for temporary wetland conditions. The plantings are native to the area, and classified into several categories to serve different functions (i.e. slope stabilization of the sand dunes). Interpretive signage explains the rainwater capturing system, discusses the process of natural dune formation, and highlights the plant species present.
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Runoff Calculation Roof Downspouts: 1” storm 5” storm Roof Downspouts: 1” storm 1,391 1,391 gal, 5”gal, storm 6,955 6,955 gal gal
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Downspouts: 1” storm 5” storm Track Track Downspouts: 1” storm 1,234 1,234 gal, 5”gal, storm 6,170 6,170 gal gal
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PERIMETERS 82.4’ Linear x 1.5’
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SLENDER SEA PURSLANE
UPLAND DUNES
LOW MARSH
Lathyrus japonicus
Sesuvium maritimum
AMERICAN SEAROCKET
Cakile edentula
POVERTY DROPSEED Sporobolus vaginiflorus
SEA LAVENDER
Limonium carolinianum
AMERICAN BEACHGRASS
PICKERELWEED
HAIRY-AWNED MUHLY
SALTMEADOW RUSH
BROOM CROWBERRY
RED BEARBERRY
Pontederia cordata
Muhlenbergia capillaris
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STUNTED TREES
NORTHERN SEASIDE GOLDENROD Solidago sempervirens
Corema conradii
PITCH PINE
EASTERN RED-CEDAR
Pinus rigida
BEACH PEA
Ammophila breviligulata
Juncus gerardii
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
BEACH PLUM
Prunus maritima
Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’
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