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Taylor Lininger LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO tvl@k-state.edu | 816.738.5208
Taylor Lininger tvl@ksu.edu | 816.738.5208
education Master of Landscape Architecture Kansas State University GPA: 3.6 - Anticipated May 2016
work experience •
Internship at Landworks Studio, LLC
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Library Assistant at Weigel Library
professional skills Tech
InDesign • Photoshop • Illustrator Rhino • Sketchup • AutoCAD • ArcGIS
Craft
Sketching • Digital Rendering • Collage Model Building • Pen Tablet
Practice
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Project Awards
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Scholarships
references Carisa McMullen, PLA, ASLA, ENV SP Owner | Landworks Studio, LLC carisa@landworksstudio.com
Director | Landworks Studio, LLC kelly@landworksstudio.com
Laurence Clement, Associate Professor Major Professor lacjr@ksu.edu
extracurriculars KSU Student Chapter ASLA President
ASLA
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August 2014 - Present | Kansas State University I worked as a student library assistant at the college’s architecture library throughout my tenure as a graduate student at Kansas State University.
honors
Community & Stakeholder Facilitation Writing • Charrettes
Kelly VanElders, PLA, LEED, ENV SP
January 2015 - August 2015 | 103 S. Chestnut St. Olathe, KS My time as an intern at Landworks Studio, LLC gave me the opportunity to apply the design and facilitation skills I have learned at K-State in a business setting. I was primarily involved in master planning, signage design, digital rendering, project proposal writing, client correspondence, firm marketing, site visits, public facilitation, and planting schedules. Projects I worked on included a city-wide parks and recreation master plan, a trails signage package, and a community center master plan.
Student Analysis and Planning Merit Award (Group) | April 2015 New Horizons Group Award | September 2015 Central States ASLA and Kansas APA awarded these honors to the Kansas State University students involved in the collaborative project “Envisioning Better Blocks for St. Joe” in 2015. The project explored several site design proposals to enhance the downtown area of St. Joseph, Missouri. Mayo Leadership Scholarship in Architecture | July 2015 Ted and Jill Spaid Landscape Architecture Scholarship | June 2015 Both scholarships were awarded through the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design at Kansas State University.
bio Since growing up in the suburbs of Kansas City, I have always been fascinated by the interplay of social and ecological factors in urban environments. My travels and studies at Kansas State University have led me to cities throughout the country where my fascination with landscape architecture and urban design has grown immensely. As I prepare to enter practice after graduation, I hope to find myself working at a firm whose mission and work is rooted in art, community, and ecology. Through five years of education at Kansas State University and a seven-month internship, I have honed my skills in crafting and communicating design intent. Additionally, my collaboration and leadership abilities will allow me to adapt successfully to practice in the landscape architecture and urban design fields. Besides my interest in all kinds of design, I love discovering new music, taking photos with disposable cameras, reading about politics, and laughing at anything satirical.
Contents
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CAMPUS CREEK RE-ENVISIONED................ 02
LODGINGS AT COLBERT HILLS.................... 18
AGGIEVILLE: BEYOND THE PROPOSALS...... 08
EL DORADO PARKS & RECREATION............ 20
ST. JOE: DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION....... 12
WARSAW RIVERFRONT TRAIL SIGNAGE..... 24
MAPPING SOUND IMPACT........................... 16
PHOTOGRAPHY........................................... 26
Kansas State University, Fall 2014
Kansas State University, Summer 2014 Kansas State University, Spring 2014 Kansas State University, Fall 2015
Kansas State University, Spring 2014 Landworks Studio, llc., Spring 2015 Landworks Studio, llc., Spring 2015 Landscape Photography
PROJECT ORIGINATION
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the landscape architecture department at Kansas State University, fourth-year students in the department worked with university administrators, civil engineering students, and environmental consultants to envision a restored creek within an existing campus network.
EXISTING CONDITIONS
Campus Creek, as it currently exists, represents an unhealthy landscape. The stream itself does not convey sediment or water efficiently, and is inaccessible as an environmental amenity on campus.
PROCESS & RESULT
Landscape architecture students took the lead on this in-depth project, dealing with core ecological and social considerations. The doc-
ument created at the end of the studio included analysis findings, technical drawings, survey results, and illustrative renderings.
PARTICIPATION
My tasks for this project included the design and layout of site amenities, the writing and analysis of a public survey, and the compilation of a book to communicate the project’s intent and findings. This project, rooted in an understanding of both ecological and social issues, represents the array of abilities that landscape architecture students at Kansas State University are equipped with. This project could not have been completed without the guidance of Dr. Timothy Keane and Professor Jessica Canfield or the considerations of the Kansas State University administration.
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Campus Creek Re-Envisioned
Manhattan, KS | Stream Restoration, Campus Planning
Campus Creek Re-Envisioned
Bankside seating offers an amenible transition between a plaza and the creek AutoCAD & Photoshop (Heermann & Lininger 2014)
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Campus Creek runs through the center of the Kansas State University Campus Sketchup & Photoshop (Lininger 2014)
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Campus Creek Re-Envisioned
Formal amphitheater seating provides a view of the newly daylighted creek AutoCAD & Photoshop (Heermann & Tudor 2014)
Boardwalks over shallow water provide a crossing alternative AutoCAD & Photoshop (Heermann & Tudor 2014)
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Daylighting portions of the creek provides opportunities for sustainable development Sketchup & Photoshop (Heermann & Tudor 2014)
The northern reach of the creek exhibits a more serpentine and narrow stream type Sketchup & Photoshop (Heermann & Tudor 2014)
Campus Creek Re-Envisioned 6 The southernmost portion of the creek is adjacent to several dormitories Sketchup & Photoshop (Heermann, Lininger, & Tudor 2014)
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PROJECT ORIGINATION
Beyond the Proposals expands upon the spatial proposals of “Visions in the ‘Ville,” an urban design studio concentrated on Aggieville, an urban business district near the Kansas State University campus. This project exhibits a shared vision between designers and the community.
CRITICAL MAPPING
The “Visions in the ‘Ville” studio began with several weeks of critical mapping. My maps focused on social media trends and perceptions, a factor of human behavior that I found applicable to this complex environment.
CREATING CONVERSATIONS
During the “Visions in the Ville” studio, my teammate and I began to realize that tempo-
rary or residual spaces were often a dominant part of our conversations with community stakeholders. To help move the conversation towards productivity and creativity, our project proposed new, imaginative uses for residual spaces like parking spots and bars.
PRODUCTS
Beyond the Proposals provided me with an opportunity to consider how landscape architects communicate. I was able to partake in critical and creative activities throughout the course of the project, as well as hone my writing skills and explore digital rendering techniques. My teammate and I used photomontage techniques to communicate the experiential qualities - the things that make our days and lives better - at the core of the studio team’s design proposals.
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Aggieville: Beyond the Proposals
Manhattan, KS | Urban Analysis & Communication
Aggieville: Beyond the Proposals
Aggieville has the most local businesses of the shopping districts in Manhattan Illustrator & Google Earth (Lininger 2014)
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Varsity Donuts, Aggie Station, and Kite’s are nodes for geo-located twitter activity in Aggieville Illustrator & GIS (Lininger 2014)
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Rooftop views, sunsets, Varney’s, and Varsity Donuts dominate Aggieville’s Instagram presence Sketchup & Illustrator (Lininger 2014)
Aggieville: Beyond the Proposals 10 With efficiency gained by proposed parking garages, existing parking lots become parks Photoshop (Lininger & Moore 2014)
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PROJECT ORIGINATION
The Link proposes an arrangement of civic spaces that celebrate art, entertainment, and small business. This project contributes to “Envisioning Better Blocks for St. Joe,” an award winning design studio that involved cooperation with invested members of the St. Joseph, Missouri community and MoKan Regional Council.
AWARDS
The “Envisioning Better Blocks for St. Joe” studio, completed during the spring semester of 2014, won the Student Analysis and Planning Merit Award (Group) through Central States ASLA and the New Horizons Group Award through Kansas APA.
CRITICAL MAPPING
My role in the design process began with critical mapping of streetfront quality according to the downtown development standards. The study led to determining the blocks that could become catalysts for a revitalized downtown.
DESIGN PROPOSAL
My teammate and I proposed a detailed design for a series of spaces including a renewed amphitheater, flexible plaza, rehabilitated alleyway, outdoor gallery, and formal garden. We aimed to conceptually and physically link two separate and defined public spaces with each other. Contemporary design standards played into the forms and structures proposed.
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St. Joe: Downtown Revitalization
St. Joseph, MO | Urban Analysis & Site Design
St. Joe: Downtown Revitalization
Wide alleyways in St. Joe have the potential to become viable and aesthetically pleasing pedestrian pathways (Wilson 2014)
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The alleyway is energized by a green wall installation that provides rainwater catchment and visual interest Photoshop (Lininger & Wilson 2014)
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St. Joe: Downtown Revitalization
The Link aims to connect existing spaces and promote denser development Sketchup & Illustrator (Lininger 2014)
The Link accomodates various programmed spaces within a 85,513 sq. ft. area of downtown St. Joe Sketchup & Illustrator (Lininger 2014)
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PROGRAMMED SPACES
Art Installation Space: 13,000 sq. ft. Sidewalk Cafe Space: 2,898 sq. ft Entertainment Venue Space: 17,146 sq. ft. Flexible Gathering Spaces: 20,941 sq. ft. Proposed Building (Ground Floor): 14,445 sq. ft. Total Square Feet of Site: 85,513 sq. ft. Envisioning the link between two separate public spaces in St. Joseph, Missouri AutoCAD & Photoshop (Lininger & Wilson 2014)
During the Environmental Land Planning and Design Studio at K-State, students selected a socio-ecological issue to study and map using GIS (Geographic Information Systems). I selected a project that would spatially analyze the sound impact of elevated rail through Chicago, Illinois. The process to map sound impact involved calculating sound level and weighing it along with several other variables including station ridership, zoning, and community vacancy rates to determine which areas of the “L� are most in need of a design solution to reduce negative sound impact by updating train technology and re-thinking material usage.
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Mapping Sound Impact
Chicago, IL | Urban Planning Analysis
Mapping Sound Impact
Maps visually depicting ridership information, sound levels, vacancy rates, and residential zoned area in Chicago, IL ArcGIS (Lininger 2014)
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PROJECT ORIGINATION
From Fall 2013 to Spring 2014, I participated in design implementation classes that focused on additions to the local Colbert Hills Golf Course. The first stage involved designing and arranging the footprint of two guest housing units and their adjacencies. Throughout the project, we collaborated with and presented to administration of the golf course.
DESIGN PROBLEMS
siting. Upon completion of a set of planting, irrigation, and lighting plans, I chose several aspects of the design to communicate with construction detail drawings. These documents were all produced in AutoCAD Civil 3D with LandFX. This project is just one representation of the work I have completed for various projects using AutoCAD.
Our work with Colbert Hills Golf Course dealt with grading, planting design, and building
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Lodges at Colbert Hills
Manhattan, KS | Documentation
Lodges at Colbert Hills
Planting Plan for the Lodges at Colbert Hills, which includes a rain garden, native species, and formal plantings AutoCAD (Lininger 2014)
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(Top) CMU Block and Tile Screen Wall Detail (Above) Wooden Deck and Glass Railing Detail AutoCAD (Lininger 2014)
PROJECT CONTEXT
While interning at Landworks Studio in Olathe, Kansas, I partook in the planning and documenting stages of a parks and recreation master plan for El Dorado, Kansas. During the planning stage, I attended a public open house, catalogued park amenities, and analyzed public and stakeholder survey results.
PARTICIPATION
My primary responsibility for this project involved preparing, compiling, and writing the final master plan document to submit to the client. Additionally, I completed several photorealistic renderings.
Working on this project engaged two of my favorite activities - rendering and writing - while providing me the opportunity to learn the process of preparing a consistent master plan for an entire city and testing my experience with public engagement.
DESIGN STANDARDS
The standards driving the design proposals for El Dorado’s thirteen parks adhere to the smalltown nature of the city, but activate public space and connect community members with each other.
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El Dorado Parks and Recreation
El Dorado, KS | Master Planning
El Dorado Parks and Recreation
Postcard graphic to encourage public involvement with the master planning process Illustrator (Landworks Studio 2014)
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Bird’s eye view of Gordy Park, El Dorado’s downtown park space AutoCAD, Sketchup, & Photoshop (Lininger & Landworks Studio 2015)
Existing conditions of Gordy Park, displaying the need for new infrastructure and updated amenities (Landworks Studio 2014)
El Dorado Parks and Recreation 22 Winter and Summer snapshots of the versatile uses for Gordy Park Sketchup & Photoshop (Lininger & Landworks Studio 2015)
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PROJECT CONTEXT
I worked on the Warsaw riverfront trail signage project during my internship at Landworks Studio. Landworks Studio has a longstanding relationship with the scenic and historic Warsaw, Missouri. The scope of this project included a large-scale trail map of existing and projected routes, map kiosks, trail entry signage, and interpretive signs.
PARTICIPATION
My role in the analysis and design process included a site visit and presentation to stakehold-
ers, development of a trail map, preliminary design charrettes. and design development to scale digital models of signs.
DESIGN CONCEPTS
The materiality and forms of the signs draw inspiration from the industrial history of Warsaw’s steel swinging bridges and the nearby Truman Dam. The interpretive signs provide information about the natural and social history of the area, which includes diverse ecological systems, industrial richness, military history, and Native American settlements.
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Warsaw Riverfront Trail Signage
Warsaw, MO | Signage & Wayfinding
Warsaw Riverfront Trail Signage
(Left) Interpretive sign conveying historical information (Right) Trail map kiosk Sketchup (Lininger & Landworks Studio 2015)
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Photography DISPOSABLE PHOTOGRAPHY
LOCATIONS
The photos displayed here were taken in New York City, Portland, Washington D.C., and at the Outer Banks of North Carolina. They reflect my travels and the captivating qualities of natural and built environments
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Photography
When I travel, I take a disposable film camera with me. The limited amount of exposures forces me to carefully consume - to consider composition, lighting, and context with each photo I take. I find great beauty in the textural quality produced by the 135 mm film inside a disposable camera.
(Top) Early Spring Afternoon in Kitty Hawk, NC (Above) Translucency on the Willamette in Portland, OR (Lininger 2014-15)
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(Top, Left-Right) Portland, OR; Manhattan, NY; Brooklyn, NY (Middle) Washington, D.C. (Above) Manhattan, NY (Lininger 2014-15)