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ZACHARY B.L. REES
2016 LA DESIGN PORTFOLIO
Education
Awards
Contact
Lake Central High School
2014 ASLA National Honor Award: Student Collaboration
Email: zblr.rees@gmail.com Phone: 219.669.4042 Address: 6920 W 84th Pl,
Schererville, IN | 2007-2011
Ball State University
Muncie, IN | 2011-2016 Major: Landscape Architecture Minor: Natural Resources
Experience Stantec New Haven, CT | Summer 2015
Community Circle Co-Designer Muncie, IN | Fall 2014-Present
VVM Tablet Application Design Team Member | Spring 2014-Present
Alsip Home & Nursery St. John, IN | Spring 2013
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: History, Design, and the American People
2014 INASLA Student Award
Crown Point, IN 46307 Issuu: issuu.com/zbrees
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: History, Design, and the American People
Deans List Spring 2013 - Present
References Available Upon Request
Zachary B.L. Rees
Selected Works
Cardinal Sculpture Plaza Spring 2014 | Planting Design
Design Skills Ai Id Ps
Illustrator
Over the Rhine: Woodward Place Fall 2015 | Urban Design
InDesign
PhotoShop
ArchGIS
Community Circle: An Old West End Garden-Park Spring 2015 | Extracurricular Design Project
AutoCAD
Office
VVM: Space + Meaning Spring 2014 | Application Design
SketchUp
2014 ASLA National Honor Award: Student Collaboration 2014 INASLA Student Award
Spring 2014
Cardinal Sculpture Plaza Studio: Planting Design Location: Muncie, IN
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About: Thematically this site takes its form from the “desire paths� that once crisscrossed its boundaries. Pedestrian circulation has been abstracted into a modern design that Incorporates many lines and planes similar to the ones seen in the Arts and Journalism Building nearby. These lines and planes give life to otherwise static pathway most pedestrians are used to, drawing them to the site and offering the a variety of intimate experiences. >>
Main Pedestrian Axis: Creation of the two paths, bisected by hawthorns, was key to help alleviate congestion seen on site.
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A. Cafe Plaza B. Sculpture Plazas C. Natural Zones D. Teaching Plaza E. Main Path F. Secondary Paths G. Water Feature H. Snack Shack I. Main Entrances J. Main Sidewalk
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Main Plaza Section: Acts as a buffer, with the help of a water feature and lower topography. 0’ 1’ 2’
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Sculpture Garden Planting Plan 0’ 10’ 20’ 40’ KEY SHADE TREES GIN-B GLE-T ORNAMENTAL TREES CRA-V DECIDUOUS SHRUBS ITE-V ORNAMENTAL GRASSES CAL-A HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL ECH-P IRI-A LEU-S LIR-M RUD-F SED-R
Plant Schedule
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Purple Coneflower Alba Dwarf Crested Iris Snow Lady Shasta Daisy Big Blue Lily Turf Black-Eyed Susan Angelina Stonecrop
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Henry's Garnet Virginia Sweetspire 24''
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Winter King Green Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis 'Winter King'
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Autumn Gold Ginkgo Skycole Honey Locust
Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold' Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'Skycole'
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Ginkgo
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Sweetspire
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Purple Coneflower
Liriope
Black-Eyed Susan
Stonecrop
Fall 2014
Honeylocust
Redbud
Serviceberry
Karl Foerster
Limestone
Granite
Sandstone
Limestone Wall
Plant Palette
Over the Rhine:
Woodward Place Studio: Urban Design
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About: With the former SCPA Building undergoing a renovation and nearby Zieglar Park in the stages of an overhaul courtesy of design firm Human Nature, the present barren front lawn of Alumni Lofts is ripe for the creation of a catalyst that brings people of all backgrounds into a cohesive living arrangement. Proposed building footprints mimic the nearby built environment while material considerations came from the Human Nature design and historic Cincinnati. >>
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Figure-Ground Diagram Plant Material
Hardscape
Built Structures
Softscape
Intensity Diagram Lowest Level of Activity Highest Level of Activity
Conceptual Design Process
Program Diagram Retail Zone
Urban Plaza Zone
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Exploded Axonometric Plan
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A. Main Entrance B. Secondary Entrance C. Waterfall Feature D. Apartment/Retail E. Main Promenade
0’ 30’ 60’ F. Sidewalk G. Overhead Lighting H. Trellis Structure I. Barley Hammock Structure J. Programmable Lawn Zone
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West|East Section: Differing passive zones provide an edge to the active lawn zone. 0’ 16.5’ 33’
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Spring 2015
Community Circle:
An Old West End Garden Park Extracurricular Design Project Location: Muncie, IN
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About: For this extracurricular project, team members from architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning backgrounds came together to aid in the design of a garden-park. Through numerous neighborhood meetings and charrettes, the team and Old West End Community was able to both decide on a design and see it through to fruition. >>
Above: Final View of Trellis Structure Image Credits: Old West End Neighborhood Association
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1 Previous Structure On-Site 2 Cleared Site 3 Surveying the Site 4 Community Design Charrette 5 Paver Sub-base Preparation 6 Installing Pavers 7 Installing Trellis Beams 8 Installing Trellis Crossbeams 9 Grand Opening Party! <<
Site Design Elements:
1 NE Site Entrance 2 Central Art-Piece 3 SE Site Entrance 4 Granite Bench Detail 5 Pavement Detail 6 SW Site Entrance 7 Installing Trellis Beams 8 Site Design Panorama
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Spring 2014
2014 National Honor Award: Student Collaboration VVM: Space + Meaning Studio: Application Design
2014 Student Award
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About: The Vietnam Veterans
Memorial tablet app represents a collaboration among 23 students from 16 disciplines. The app synthesizes the history, design, and context of the Memorial with cultural history and current social practices. Compelling narratives with images, audio, text, video and animations, are offered, with the intent of reaching the millions who visit the Memorial each year. The intent of this app is three-fold: to increase the general publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exposure to and understanding of contemporary designed landscapes; to raise awareness of the Memorial as a therapeutic landscape, and to tell compelling stories about the making of the Memorial, and its presence in many lives today.. >>
Advertising Digital Storytelling Graphic Arts History Journalism Landscape Architecture Marketing Telecommunications Video Production Visual Communications
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
More info @ The Cultural Landscape Foundation
VVMF
NPS
Researched
ASLA
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Historical Context of the Design American Culture of Vietnam Era Public Perception of Vietnam War Conceptualization of the Memorial
Interviewed
Design Concepts Utilized
VVMF VVMF
Founder/President of the VVMF
Jan Scruggs
Education Director at the VVMF
Robert Doubek
VVM
Realization of Design Construction of the Design
Designed Jan Scruggs
Psychological Impact of the Design Contemporary Memorial Design
CLF
Attorney/Former Project Director for the VVM
Bob Sonderman
NPS
Details Associated with the Design
CLF
Director at the Museum Resource Center Senior Archaeologist at the NPS
Charles Birnbaum
Founder/President of the CLF
Home Screen
the National Mall
American Culture
Presents the Mall at important points in its history: The Federal City, Civil War, Turn of the Century, World War II, the Bicentennial, and the New Millennium. Within each category, maps, images, and descriptions detail additions, subtractions and key events that shaped this landscape.
Uses a timeline format to explore American culture from 1945 – 1982 (the Memorial’s dedication). With 109 entries subject matter in a range of categories is presented: General War Information, Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Anti-War Efforts, Music, Pop Culture, and the Soldier’s Experience.
The app’s graphic introductory screen presents the 5 major sections: the National Mall, American Culture in the Vietnam Era, the Names, Design, and Place of Connection. The timeline also appears on this page, illustrating the overlapping eras important to communicating the Memorial’s story, organized by events and processes that began before its 1982 dedication, and those that occurred afterward, through present day.
the Names
Place of Connection
the Design
Traces the idea of the names from the earliest thoughts of the Memorial to Dedication in 1982, when the names could be touched. The Legacy of the Names has 5 sections, sequential in time: The Spark (the genesis of the idea).
The powerful connection many experience at the Wall, organized into three categories: The Names, Offerings, and Traditions. In The Names section the user can learn how to find a name and how names are arranged. The Offerings tells the history of items left at the wall.
The Design section is organized into two sections: Design (basic design terms including: ground plane, journey, connecting with history, shaping space, time, scale), and Construction (where the granite came from, how names were inscribed and much more.
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