GARTH A. LINDQUIST GLIND89@GMAIL.COM 860.490.3902 38346280 TALIESIN, THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE - SPRING 2016 SAAD SGARDNER ARBORETUM
RESUME Taliesin, The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture (M.Arch 2014 - present) AIAS Chapter President 2014 - 2015 Peer-Selected Presenter - Box Formal 2014 Green Mountain College (BA - Sustainable Design 2008 - 2012) Teaching Assistant to Lucas Brown (Environmental Design/ Build 2011 - 2012) DESCRIPTION Living and working between the Taliesin campuses nurtures an opportunity to observe and engage in ongoing preservation efforts of the built environment. The goal of this project in conjunction with Research Design Studio was to explore a series of questions surrounding preservation. Why do we preserve? How do we determine social and cultural value? Is the physical manifestation of a place or the idea of a place more important to preserve? Can one exist without the other? The result of this research is the Saad Sgardner Arboretum sited outside Madison, WI on a gentle north-sloping hill nestled in Picnic Point - a public park stewarded by the University of Wisconsin Madison. The project challenges notions of ecological ownership and preservation, creating a dialogue between restorative ecological research and privatized seed storage facilities. The circular geometry activates a strong core where native prairie species are actively studied and cultivated while the storage facility terminates underground at a tangential axis to the core.
01. aerial rendering
03. site section cut
04. courtyard rendering
02. ground floor plan