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Tegan LochnerLandscape Architecture

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White Cliffs of Dover Dover, England

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Education

The Pennsylvania State University | Aug 2020 - May 2024

University Park, Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

Experience

PASHEK + MTR Intern | July - Aug 2023

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Living Habitats LLC Intern | May - Aug 2022

Chicago, Illinois

Research Assistant | Spring 2024 - present University Park, Pennsylvania

“Green Campus” study in collaboration with Penn State University, Texas A&M, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and Michigan State University

Teaching Assistant | Spring 2024 - present

University Park, Pennsylvania

TA for “Built Environment and Cultures: Exclusion and Justice in Urban Space”

Engagement

Penn State ASLA (Landscape Architecture Student Society) | 2020 - present President 2022 - 2023

Treasurer 2021 - 2022

Alumni Professional Group Student Representative | 2022 - 2023

Arts and Architecture Sustainability Council Undergraduate Representative | 2022 - present

VALLEY Magazine Graphic Designer | 2023 - present

Honors & Awards

Pennsylvania/Delaware ASLA Merit Award | 2024

College of Arts and Architecture Creative Achievement Award | 2024

Landscape Architecture Department Excellence Awards | 2021-2024

Student Leadership Planting Implementation Visual Communications

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Camu-Camu Healthscapes

Improving health through unexpected interactions between people, place, and ecology in Iquitos, Peru

Superbloom

Establishing new planting palettes for the Millennium Science Complex

Stream Conditions

Mapping conditions along the Njokomoni stream outside of Udzungwa Mountains National Park in Tanzania.

Venezia Biennale Architettura

Exploring and documenting the Venice Architecture Biennale

Camu-Camu Healthscapes 01

Design Activism: One Health

Location: Iquitos, Peru

Duration: 14 weeks

Project Brief: In collaboration with the amphibious community of Claverito, I designed a sustainable agriculture scheme that encourages eco tourism and education. By examining the site at three different scales – the berry, the bosque, and the river – I aimed to improve the mental and physical health of residents of Claverito, increase biodiversity within Claverito to reduce vulnerability to disease and environmental disturbances, establish a self-sustaining economic system for residents to further expand, and create a framework that can be scaled up for other floodplain communities.

Legend

Existing Camu Camu Bosque

Proposed Expansion of Camu Camu Bosque

Floating Pathway Way-finding

Harvest for Food Harvest for Planting

Maintain Habitat

Bird Watching Tower

AERIAL VIEW OF CLAVERITO AND THE CAMU CAMU BOSQUE

Bosque expansion doubles the area of camu camu tress directly in the community.

This subsequently doubles green space, habitat, and the amount of berries!

Productive patches are rotated every year to ensure the bosque is not overharvested and can still provide its ecosystem services.

Charrette in Iquitos, Peru

Dense camu camu trees provide ample fish habitat.

Way-finding poles are tall enough to be used in the high river and low river seasons.

Boat tours through the community, bosque, and surrounding floodplain communities create a steady revenue stream for community members.

Amphibian fuliginosa Speckled Worm Lizard

Helicops angulatus Brown-banded water snake

Dendropsophus triangulum Triangle Treefrog

Dendropsophus haraldschultzi Many-lined Treefrog

Dendropsophus leali Plain-colored Treefrog

Coragyps atratus Black vulture Jacana jacana Wattled jacana Sternula superciliaris Yellow-billed tern

Psarocolius angustifrons Russet-backed oropendola

Sporophila castaneiventris Chestnut-bellied seedeater

Community member expertly leading boat tours through the camu camu bosque. Tourist watching birds, awing at fauna, and absorbing the tropical atmosphere.

Community resident fishing to feed his family and sell in the local market down the road.

Child from the community exploring the edges of the camu camu bosque at sunset.

Low river season is prime for fishing

Bird-watching towers can be used in the high river and low river seasons.

Parts of the bosque completely dry out during the low river seasons. This allows people to run, walk, and relax amongst the trees.

Hemidactylus mabouia Tropical house gecko

Iguana iguana Green Iguana

Ascia monuste (Linnaeus, 1764) Great Southern White Butterfly

Eurema elathea (Cramer, 1777) Banded Yellow Butterfly

Canthon near subhyalinus Scarabaeinae Dung Beetle

Riodina lysippus (Linneaus, 1758) Neotropical Metalmark Butterfly

Prochilodus magdalenae Bouquichico

Trachinotus goodei Palometa

Cichla ocellaris Tucunaré

Prochilodus lineatus Sabalo

ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL

Health Impact

Decrease water borne pathogens

• Floating plants absorb bacteria in the water, reducing E.coli and Cholera. Cholera levels in Claverito are at 7700 CFU/100 ml. This is over 6,000% more than recommended by the EPA.

Increase Biodiversity

• An expanded bosque doubles the habitat and resources available for animals allowing their populations to grow and thrive.

• Increased biodiversity acts as a buffer against disease, environmental disturbances, and climate change.

Increase Access to Food and Resources

• Creating a steady source of income will reduce anxiety

about obtaining food and feelings shame in the way the food is obtained.

Decrease Malnutrition

• Increased incomes can help community members buy food with higher nutritional quality in higher quantity.

• A surplus of camu camu berries ensures that everyone in the community has access to the berry’s high nutritional value.

Decrease Depression and Anxiety

• Hosting a vibrant festival during the peak of the high river season can change the feelings of isolation, depression, and negativity that persist around that time of year.

Estimated

120,000

Lanterns shaped like the camu camu blossom will float throughout the community. Pink light will create visibility after sunset but does not attract disease ridden mosquitoes.

Luminescent paint will provide wayfinding in the dark.

People from all over Iquitos will come to Claverito to celebrate the bountiful harvest.

The festival will give community members a vibrant event to look forward to during the high river season.

Community Meeting in Claverito

A tourist getting a brief taste of life on the Amazon River.

Child in the community smiling alongside his family at the festival. Excited for the high river season.

Community member selling fresh camu camu juice from the plentiful harvest.

Community member enjoying the inaugural camu camu festival after a long day of working.

live in the urban floodplain

Superbloom

Planting Methods and Implementation

Location: State College, Pennsylvania

Duration: 14 weeks

Project Brief: Superbloom is a planting masterplan for the Millenium Science Complex on Penn State’s campus. The new design transforms sprawling lawn into a quaint pollinator garden, two different tree plazas, and a vibrant micro-meadow.

Tall Prairie Meadow

Short Prairie Meadow

Mesic Meadow

Eco-Lawn

Lower Rain

Upper Rain

Pollinator Garden

Tree Plazas

Rain Meadow

Rain Meadow

Stream

Conditions

Udzungwa Mountains National Park Ecological Monitoring Center

Location: Mang’ula A and Mang’ula B, Tanzania

Duration: 1 week

Project Brief: I collected soil samples along the Njokomni River in the area directly outside of Udzungwa Mountains National Park in the villages of Mang’ula A and Mang’ula B. During this process I also documented the character and conditions of the land adjacent to the stream using ArcGIS. This information was later used to inform the design of new riparian buffers.

Njokomoni River Context

Mang’ula A

Mang’ula B

Udzungwa Mountains National

Mang’ula A

Mang’ula Health Center

Venezia Biennale

Architettura

Akademie für Internationale Bildung in collaboration with Nuertingen University

Location: Venice, Italy

Duration: 1 week

Project Brief: Inspired by the historic city of Venice and the innovative Biennale Architettura: The Laboratory of the Future, our group decided to redesign a park in the heart of Venice. Once a private garden for the adjacent villa, this park now serves as one of the only public green spaces on the island. At the Biennale we drew inspiration from the simplistic designs, intelligent material choices, and undulating scales of space. Tight surrounding alleys and a deteriorating wall ensure that this garden is kept secret from swarms of visiting tourists. Our design further enhances these two factors, ensuring that the park remains a respite for local Venetians.

PART I: Site Analysis of Giardini Savorgnan

PART II: Inspiration from the Biennale (Giardini)

PART II: Inspiration from the Biennale (Arsenale)

PART III: Conceptual Site Design