VICTORIA HOCHULI Landscape Architecture Portfolio
About Me Victoria A. Hochuli
Going into my freshman year of college I chose Landscape Architecture because it combined art and science. After studying these past four years, I realized that it is so much more than simply designing landscape. It concerns the scuplting of spaces within which people can experience life and create relationships. Using the tools and knowledge that I have learned at Thomas Jefferson University, I would love to create spaces for people that make meaningful memories.
Thomas Jefferson University ‘19 B.L.A - Landscape Architecture, Business Minor 516.355.8198 hochuliv@gmail.com www.behance.net/VictoriaHochuli
Table of Contents:
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Trickle
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EPA Rainworks Competition: The Ripple Effect
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Mill Creek Arts and Innovation Center
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Nature’s Classroom
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Cabin Competition: Sunset Cabin
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Professional Experience
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Strawberry Mansion, Pennsylvania
East Falls, Pennsylvania
Mill Creek, Pennsylvania
Eastwick Pennsylvania
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Gardens Inc., EDSA, Langan
View of the rain garden picnic area adjacent to Mander Playground
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Strawberry Mansion: Trickle
Strawberry Mansion is a community located in Philadelphia, PA. With the help of the Strawberry Mansion CDC and Amber Art and Design my project is able to blur the boundaries between the neighborhood and Fairmount Park. Mander Playground is an active and crucial part to the Strawberry Mansion community. Allowing that energy and curiosity to flow into Fairmount Park would enliven the community, and allow all generations to experience the natural environment. I would like the same energy as Mander to trickle through all the interactions of water throughout my site, at Mander, the Reservoir, Randolph Creek and the Schuylkill River. Through the use of rain gardens, signage and vegetation to attract wildlife, “Trickle� will educate and provide a space for the community to interact with the natural environment.
Analysis Diagram
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Concept Diagram
Map of Strawberry Mansion compared to Philadelphia. Site portrayed in orange.
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Overall Site Plan: 2 focus areas are highlighted
Precedents
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Focus Area A
Stepping Stones of the rain garden
Playful Paving Pattern
Painting on the sidewalk
Designs added to existing barriers Picnic Area
Stepping Stones
Side Path
Rain garden
Sidewalk
Focus Area B
Additional Bird Houses
Existing Rain Garden
Lawn
Eremochloa ophiroides ‘No-Mow grass’ Planting Zones
Gathering Area with paths leading to Boxer Trail
Rain Garden
Acorus gramneus ‘Sweet Flag’
Carex flacca ‘Blue Sedge’
Packera obovata ‘Groundleaf Groundsel’
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Additional Seating Area
Additional signage promoting the Boxer Trail
Open Field for Recreation
Community Signage Unique to Strawberry Mansion
Open Canopy
Amsonia hubrichtii Aronia arbutifolia Muhlenbergia ‘Red Chokeberry’ ‘Blue Star’ capillaris ‘Pink Muhly Grass’
Quercus phellos ‘Willow oak’
Platanus occidentalis ‘Sycamore’
Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Tulip Tree’
Legend 1. ADA ramp with amphitheater seating 2. Rain Garden Meadow 3. Infiltration Trench 4. Daylighting from existing buildings 5. Biodetention Basin 6. Board walk path 7. Informational Lookout Point 8. New Residence Hall 9. Intensive green roof 10. Low Mow Grass 12 11. Slope Restoration 12. Permeable Pavement
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Entire Project Extent My partner and I designed the area within the dotted line. I completed the rendering.
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The EPA Competition: The Ripple Effect
Together with four of my classmates I worked with the Master Plan of our campus to improve the water quality and decrease the amount of water runoff from the campus. Our location at the ridge line between the Schuylkill and Wissahickon waterways showed how prominent we are in the overall system. We worked with the Vice President of Operations and our campus Civil Engineer to ensure that our work with Green Stormwater Infrastructure would improve the lives of the Community and the quality of the surrounding waterways. Through the use of rain gardens, green roofs and slope restoration we have captured all the rain water that falls on the site, while also incorporating the affects of a new residence hall. This would reduce the problem of flooding the community member’s living at the bottom of the slope. We split our entire focus area (outlined in the Blue on the right) into 3 parts, I along with my partner designed the area outline in yellow, which incorporates the new campus residence hall.
Site Boundary (Blue) and Detail Plan (Yellow) Guiding Principles: Create a stronger connection between the campus and the community by minimizing the amount of runoff disrupting the community. Educate the student body and the community about retaining runoff through log pinning and slope restoration.
Stormwater Management Plan
Implement sustainable design practices, such as green roofs and rain gardens that would reduce maintenance costs for the university.
Detail Plan of focus area
Program Diagram
Grading Plan
I re-graded the site, shown with soilid lines and spot elevations
Details
Permeable Concrete: Cast in Place
Concrete Curb:
Trench Drain in Paving:
Porous Paving:
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Permeable Cement Path 480in/hr Infiltration Rate
“Quad� Recreational Field, Barn Restored into Cafe
Permeable Cement path, pedestrian and occasional vehicular use
4,680 sq/ft Rain Garden, collects runoff and excess water from green roof
New 18,650sq/ft Residential Building with intensive green roof.
Lawn
Planting Zones
Eremochloa ophiroides
Slope restoration using log pinning and introduction of native shrubs and groundcover.
Rain Garden
Viburnum nudum
Carex stricta
Ilex verticillata
Iris verticolor
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East Falls community along Warden Street. Houses currently get flooded during high precipitation.
Open Canopy
Woodland
Osmunda regalis
Acer Saccharum
Pachysandra procumbens
Gleditsia triacanthos
Sassafras albidum
Hamamelis virginiana
Green Roof
Rudbeckia hirta
Achillea tomentosa
Planting Plan: Groundcover and Shrubs Legend
Log-Pinning Detail:
Slope restoration technique
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Planting Plan: Trees Legend
Planting Schedule
View of the Central Bridge
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Mill Creek Arts And Innovation Center
As a collaborative project with Masters in Sustainability students, who designed the building, my partner Zach Robertson and I designed the landscape of the new Mill Creek Arts and Innovation Center. Mill Creek is a community located in Philadelphia, PA, that is very rooted in art. The new art center would allow artists from the community to utilize the studios as well as provide classes in technical skills for the community. The site being a prominent pedestrian corridor for students walking to and from school, provided a great opportunity for an after-school space in close proximity to school and their home. Through the use of materials, rain gardens and gathering spaces, our design works to revitalize, respect and reinterpret the memories that once took place on our site. With the use of a metaphorical “ribbon� our design will help to define space and create artistic opportunities and inspiration. The ribbon will not only be a symbolic ribbon but physical as well. We accomplished this through the addition of artistic pieces on the site to inspire the members of the community.
Early Concept Studies
4624 Lancaster Avenue
Site Analysis Diagram
Conceptual Ribbon Diagram This diagram portrays our design concept of a conceptual ribbon that flows throughout the site. This can be a physical form, such as a bench or wall, as well as a way to organize the circulation of the site.
Clay model of the Central Bridge
Central Area Plan
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Toilets
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Artist Studio Artist Studio
Artist Studio
Cafe
Section A
Lobby
Gift Shop Retail
Retail
Performing Arts Green Room
Store
Lobby
Restaurant
Toilets Toilets
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Lobby
Toilets
Gathering Space
Toilets Cafe
Class room
Class room
Library
A B Section Cuts
Outdoor Restaurant Seating
Bridge Connection Above
Section B
Forested Buffer
Performance Space
Library Seating
Bridge
Wetland
Outdoor Studio
Street Trees
View of the Outdoor Classroom structure
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Eastwick Pennsylvania: Nature’s Classroom
Most students thrive in hands-on and well structured learning situations, so why not take the opportunity to use this great natural resource of Cobbs Creek to learn about natural ecosystems? Schools in the vicinity of Cobbs creek and not connected can be opened up to benefit the school and the behavior of students. Students who spend more time outdoors are happier, healthier, more creative and more alert. What teacher wouldn’t love a more alert and excited student? Nature is an important part of the learning process and if students are introduced to the natural environment in a comfortable setting with friends and teachers, they may learn to appreciate the outdoors and share their experiences with older generations.
How can children connect to nature through learning?
Lancashire Wildlife Trust - Forest School > Offer sessions for school groups and adult training > For ages 6-14
Location: Adjacent to Cobbs Creek behind Penrose Elementary School.
Walking Distance Diagram: Portrays the proximity of the Schools to Cobbs Creek.
Existing Program Diagram:
Portrays each area of the site that needed improvement and how that would happen.
Classroom perspective:
Portrays how the students at Penrose School could interact and be affected by the natural environment. Students could create journals, learn about hydrology, tree rubbings etc.
Section of Existing Conditions
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Penrose Elementary School
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Communal vegetable garden with transparent side to see roots.
Outdoor structure that includes storage, chalkboard and playful animal seating.
Study the interaction and habitat of insects.
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Ephemeral pond, safer hands on interaction with water.
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Site Plan
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Interaction with the creek on a dock
Incorporate the creek to learn about weight and mass.
Summer Evening
Restabilize Slope Cobbs Creek
Fall Morning
Path
Students recording in Journals
Outdoor Classroom
Boardwalk
Lawn
Eremochloa ophiroides No-Mow Grass
Meadow
Carex annectens Yellowfruit sedge
Northeast Pollinator Wildflower Seed Mix
Open Canopy
Quercus bicolor White Swamp Oak
Betula nigra River Birch
Asclepias syriaca Itea virginica Common Milkweed Virginia Sweetspire
Spring Afternoon
Strengthen Forest Edge
Summer Morning
Meadow
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Penrose Elementary School
Woodland
Quercus phellos Willow Oak
Cornus amomum Silky Dogwood
Ilex verticillata Winterberry Holly
Crataegus viridis Green Hawthorn
Planting Zones
Exterior Perspective of the Cabin within the meadow
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Sunset Cabin
In my visualization class I studied the Methow Cabin, designed by Eggelston Farkas Architects. Our job was to model the cabin in Rhino and then place it visually in Pennsylvania. I chose to situate my cabin in Susquehannock State Forest located in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. The cabin is situated on the outskirts of the forest overlooking the meadow. Cabin Visitors can experience the serene peacefulness of the site and the wildlife that live there, such as deer and butterflies. The 250 s.f. cabin includes a lofted space for sleeping, an eating area, a communal space, and a balcony to overlook the natural environment. The slant of the roof allows the direct connection through views of the outdoors on either side of the cabin.
Visual connection between the interior and the exterior
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My visual interpretation of my coworkers design of a play area at a Marine Park in China
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Professional Experience
Throughout my college career I had the opportunity to gain Professional Experience at EDSA, Philadelphia Gardens Inc, and Langan. These Landscape Architecture firms, though different, allowed me to strengthen my skills and learn how a Landscape Architecture firm works. The graphics on these pages portray some of the projects that I helped work on at EDSA. As part of a team I worked on the Lusail Palaces in Qatar, designing the Queen’s entrance (to the right) as well as the landscape surrounding the son’s palace (shown below). To the left portrays a view of the play area at a Marine Park in China. I helped visually show the design my coworkers had created. Throughout this experience I also studied the graphic style of EDSA, allowing to quickly create sections of projects. The next page is a residential planting plan I had created in CAD for Philadelphia Gardens Inc.
Fountain Design
Design of Lusail Palaces Landscape
Residential Planting Design Plan Design created by Philadelphia Gardens Inc.
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VICTORIA HOCHULI hochuliv@gmail.com