michael.domanski
Landscape Architecture portfolio
michael.domanski
mjdomanski5@gmail.com +49.152.387.36025
content Mission Valley Development...........................[4] Mixed-Use Design
Alternative Village Core..................................[16] Mixed-Use Design
Dunn Tunnel Plaza..........................................[22] Construction Documentation
Holešovice Riverfront Revival..........................[30] Prague Urban Design
Active Streets Research....................................[34] Photography....................................................[38] Résumé............................................................[44]
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Mission Valley Development 1 Raleigh, North Carolina Located in between North Carolina State University’s two campuses, the existing Mission Valley Shopping Center is a large expanse of unused parking lots and lackluster amenities. Because of its prime location and its categorization as a greyfield, I selected the misused shopping center as a prime candidate for redevelopment in the ever-growing city of Raleigh, NC. Based upon its location between the campuses in the blossoming urban environment, I developed my own program for the 7-acre site that included a hotel, renovated movie theater, rejuvenated restaurants and retail, and abundant housing for the growing graduate student population. One of the major challenges of this site was working within the steep change in elevation, as the entire site sloped downward from north to south at an average rate of 6%. In the end, I was able to create a bold, yet realistic design proposal to replace the existing greyfield.
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Hotel Movie Theater
Street-front Retail
Apartment Complex B
Apartment Complex A
Village Core
Mission Valley
Existing Conditions
Main Campus Student Housing
Student Housing
Private Land Apartments
Centennial Campus BUILDING DENSITY
Although located in an area that affords for major retail and residential square footage, most of the site exists as a parking lot with extremely poor building density.
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Mission Valley Internal Circulation
The internal loop is the most important aspect of the entire design, as it not only serves as the primary circulation for vehicular and pedestrian traffic, but also encircles and highlights the dense Village Core. The loop was created so that the site itself functions as its own city block, not relying on the outside roads for changes of direction or circulation. Converting the site to a street-based environment from the previous parking lot allows for four fewer curb-cuts, a simplified internal circulation, and sidewalks for pedestrians.
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Mission Valley Village Core
Shopping Street
3-Story Retail
Outdoor Walkways
3-Story Retail Outdoor Walkways Sculpture
Rooftop Bar 3-Story Retail
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Rooftop Dining Area (2 Story)
At the heart of the plan inside of the internal circulation loop is the Village Core, which houses all of the major retail, restaurants, and activity in the development. In order to reach the enclosed central plaza framed by the three buildings, one can choose from one of the three entrances that lead into the Village Core. The shopping streets then funnel people into the plaza, creating the feeling of being in a tight, restricted space that opens into an open, freemoving square. Another unique aspect of the design is the presence of outdoor walkways on the second and third levels surrounding the open space within the Village Core. The walkways provide customers with an overhead view of the site, allowing them to view most of the stores and restaurants at once.
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Mission Valley Streetscape
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EXPERIENCES
In order to create an interesting street-level experience for vehicular and pedestrian traffic alike, the streets and sidewalks in the new Mission Valley were designed to allow for many activities to happen along them. Although based off standard measurements of a 25’ sidewalk and 57’ roadway, the street and sidewalk widths vary to accommodate outdoor dining, bus stops and lanes, street parking, and plantings.
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Residential + Parking Apartment floor plans were designed with the following criteria in mind:
Apartment Building B: 295 Units
1. Every unit must have at least one side facing out for windows. 2. Every unit must have reasonable access to the parking deck and elevators. 3. Every unit is based off of the typical size of 30’ x 25’ 4. The first floor of the street facing units will be marketed as retail.
Apartment Building A: 369 Units
Deck B
Parking Requirements: Apartment Building A: 554 spaces - supplied by Parking Deck A
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Residential Units Bottom Floor Retail Hallway Circulation 14
Elevators
Apartment Building B: 443 spaces - supplied by Parking Deck B Village Core + Movie Theater: 929 spaces - supplied by Parking Decks A, B + Street Total Required: 1926 spaces Total Provided: 1935 spaces *Parking Requirements calculated using Raleigh Universal Design Ordinance guidelines.
Mission Valley Goal Summary
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Parking Spaces
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Existing 861,414 SF
Residential Units
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Alternative Village Core 2 Raleigh, North Carolina
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Raleigh’s mixed-use, sustainable development This project was actually the precursor to the entire Mission Valley Project that I completed for my final project. While this design only focuses on the Village Core aspect of my new Mission Valley, its opportunity and beauty inspired me to completely redesign the entirety of the site. Although the Village Core design that I eventually used in the completed project was a more practical and conservative approach, this alternative design was a more adventurous and artistic endeavor. I first approached this design by exploring the form of a grid and its rigidity. After that, I wanted to fit something to the grid that occurs randomly in nature to abstract the grid structure. I chose to portray a forest with a stream running through it. While the forest and stream are fit to the grid (5x5 squares), the result is more than the mundane crisscross of the everyday grid.
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CIRCULATION DRIVES Secondary Circulation Main Circulation
“Rooms” within open plaza for outdoor dining or privacy 18
Secondary Circulation
DESIGN
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Dunn Tunnel Plaza 3 Raleigh, North Carolina This project addressed the lack of ADA accessible routes throughout NC State’s campus, specifically the stairs down to a tunnel that runs under the train tracks. The principal goals for this design were to allow disabled pedestrians and bikers access to the tunnel instead of bypassing the 8 foot drop of stairs for a time-consuming journey around the train tracks. My design is based off three overlapping circles whose edges lay out the ADA route with a downhill slope no greater than 4%. In addition, I included a straightforward stair route for ablebodied pedestrians who would rather not take the time to journey down the ramp. The principal goal of this design was to rethink what a ramp is, and to investigate how it can be incorporated into the design as a feature rather than a necessary eyesore due to ADA code.
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Study Models constructed from chipboard during the schematic design process greatly assisted me in understanding how to visualize the project in 3D.
Dunn Tunnel Plaza Construction Documents
After the initial design phase, I took this project a step further with the creation of a completed 14 page booklet of construction documents starting with Existing Conditions and Demotion Plan, ending with a Planting Plan and Construction Details. Opposite Page: Material Plan (Top Left), Planting Plan (Top Right), Site Plan (Bottom Left), Layout Plan (Bottom Right)
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The inspiration for the design originated with this quick, playful model exploring basic geometries and eventually ended up as exact, detailed construction documents. 26
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Dunn Tunnel Plaza Grading Plan
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Riverfront Revival 4 HoleĹĄovice Prague, Czech Republic While studying abroad in Prague, CZ, I had the opportunity to take an urban design studio that focused heavily on team design and analysis of the urban form. I completed this project as a member of a team made up of four landscape architecture students. Because we were new to the Czech Republic, my teammates and I spent a majority of our time researching and analyzing the site and its surroundings. From our observations, we proposed a drastic intervention to the site that included multiple phases, intensive residential development, and riverfront amenities. The proposal focuses on the goal of bringing people to the rejuvenated riverfront by extending green “corridorsâ€? into the urban fabric as well as orientating the buildings to open up to the water.
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*Aerial is a Team Rendering
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Our intensive analysis of the site and surrounding area led us to conclude that transportation was paramount in predicting how people moved throughout the city. Observing the surrounding areas and recording the movement of people (bottom) was an extremely useful method of discovering this fact. From there, we were able to then zoom out of our area and study the transportation systems (trams/ metro/auto) in a larger context that would bring people to and from our new development. We found that it was important that our new development be connected to other established areas of high activity. *Opposite Page Image created as Team
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Active Streets Research 5 Across Europe During my past 2 years spent living in Europe, I’ve been cataloging aspects of European streetscapes that I feel are key to creating a successful, active street. Whether it be signage, bike lanes, light rail placement, or orientation of street parking, I’ve seen, photographed, and sketched countless ideas that I feel I could use in my future work. I believe that what’s happening between the buildings is more important than what’s happening inside. To have an active streetscape and draw people outside is essential in designing for an active landscape.
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An isolated light rail track running through a vegetated median in Krakow, Poland, versus an integrated street system in Vienna, Austria.
Three modes of transportation occurring safely and effectively on the same street due to the use of buffers.
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Road Buffer and Street Car Parking
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Bike Parking and Planting Buffer
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Left: the trees not only add some greenery to the street, but also act as an aesthetically pleasing parking lot for bicycles. Right: bikes are also controlled with their own traffic signals, much like cars and pedestrians, to ensure each mode of transportation runs smoothly.
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Left: Whether it be a change in material (Top), signage (Middle), or simply a painted lane (Bottom), there are many ways to indicate how a roadway or lane is designed to be used. Above: this street employs many strategies to separate the roadway, bike lane, and sidewalk from each other. Not only does the paving material differ between the three, but they are all located at different elevations as well, with the bike lane being slightly raised from the road and the sidewalk also higher than the bike lane.
Top: Signage, lighting, and other street furniture is important when defining a streetscape’s character.
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Bottom: A complete vision of streetscape attributes I’ve observed: a multi-functional, highactivity, green street corridor that includes sidewalks, street parking, bike lanes, vegetative buffers, and light rail.
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Photography 6 and design theory Whenever I hear about a place that I should visit, the first thing that I do is search for images of it on the Internet. I would then make my decision whether to go or not based on the amount or aesthetic quality of the photos that I found. I feel that it is extremely important to create a photogenic design in order to take advantage of this advertising aspect, which is usually cost free as people will voluntarily take photos to show the beautiful places they’ve been. I have learned a lot about composition, a main ingredient to an aesthetically pleasing photo, from my practice of photography.
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education
achievements
NC State University | 2008 – 2013
BLA Class Rank (1) | 2008 - 2013 Graduated first in NCSU 2013 BLA Class by GPA
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture GPA | 3.95, Minor in Sports Science Summa Cum Laude
NCSU Prague Institute | Spring 2012 Prague, Czech Republic Urban Design Studio
Leine Volkshochschule | Nov 2013 - Current Laatzen, Germany German Language Course
Excellence in Design | 2013 In recognition by the NCSU faculty for exemplary achievements and responsibility in landscape architecture design
activities
skills
Foreign Exchange Student Mentor
Design | AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketchup, Microsoft Office Suite, ArcGIS
Acted as a campus ambassador to exchange students by assisting them in their transition to the Raleigh area
European Au Pair
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ASLA Certificate of Merit | 2013 Awarded by the American Society of Landscape Architects for truly outstanding work in the field of landscape architecture
I’ve spent almost 2 years studying and working overseas, which has allowed me to travel around Europe, observing unique design concepts, as well as learning German as a second language.
Streetscape Design, Alternative Transportation, Construction Documents, File Management
Personal | Organization, Teamwork, Meeting
Deadlines, Interpersonal Communication, Flexibility, Basic German Language
work experience Consultant, Uncovering Southwest Raleigh
Intern, Gardener By Nature
Employed by SW Raleigh Project to produce urban design graphics to be used in their public presentation
Worked directly with designers to install residential design projects, gaining an understanding of native planting strategies and rain garden installation
Raleigh, NC | May 2013
Attended SW Raleigh meetings and met privately with leaders to gain an understanding of the project’s aims and goals
Raleigh, NC | October 2010 - December 2011
Became familiar with design-build process and small scale construction techniques
Referee/Social Ambassador, TriSports LLC
Counselor, NC State Design Camp
Responsible for organizing, supplying equipment, and refereeing adult sporting and social events
Provided design advice and critiques for the students attending the camp on their various projects
Employed leadership and organizational skills to ensure events ran smoothly and successfully
Facilitated team building exercises and activities to engage the students in active learning
Raleigh, NC | August 2012 - April 2013
Raleigh, NC | June 2010
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michael.domanski
mjdomanski5@gmail.com +49.152.387.36025