Undergraduate Landscape Architecture Work Sample

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CATALYST GREEN PROJECT Fall 2019 - Interdisciplinary Studio

Location: Cleveland, OH Description:

Working collaboratively with other landscape architects and architects, the redesign of this downtown Cleveland block brings a new amenity to a wide variety of user groups.

Catalyst Green blends the built environment with the natural environment. We focus on ways to not only create a sustainable and intriguing space for all users, but also connecting the landscape with the architecture rather than viewing them as separate elements. Using wood as our highlight material, we offer a new green amenity within a mixed-use development to the downtown Cleveland area.

Process Diagrams - Many iterations were created attempting to bring a natural space into

this densely built area. This space pulls the organic shapes of the landforms in, and steps down to allow users to feel the sense of being immersed in nature within the urban environment.

At the base of the high rise, the architecture forms a nook that pulls in the organic forms appearing throughout the site to form the Retail Lagoon.

This space allows users to feel as if they are immersed in a more natural landscape while in an urban setting. The sleek storefront edge wraps around the lagoon, allowing for easy access to stores and to the different uses within the tower. The lagoon also serves as the main stormwater facility for the site.

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Bird’s Eye Retail Lagoon

Diagrammatic Plan

View from platform inside Lagoon

The Retail Lagoon serves as a space that can be used by the community at different times of the day. At night, the storefronts and lagoon light up, encouraging all users to shop and relax at their convenience.

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Lagoon Levels Diagram

Full Site Section

Ampitheatre

Retail Lagoon

Mixed-Use Tower

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BARCELONA WATER PROJECT Summer 2019 - Study Abroad Location: Barcelona, Spain Description:

Adjacent to La Sagrada Familia, one of Gaudi’s most famous works, a community plaza further implements the ideas of nature and spirituality to the outside of the Cathedral. This design compliments Gaudi’s design, while allowing people of all different backgrounds and beliefs to gather and celebrate spirituality through water. After researching several different commonly practiced religions, I came across a few main overlaps with how water is perceived and used in religious practices. The main similarities were the spiritual cleansing quality of water, how it is seen as a source of life, and its’ ability to heal.

Rain Room

Children’s Jets

Misting Rocks

Smaller rain rooms give users the ability to reflect in more intimate settings, while the main waterfall allows many to gather and celebrate water together. All spaces are tied together by a water-inspired canopy from which vegetation emerges. The vegetation begins to bleed out into the surrounding blocks, where it can be carried throughout the streets and create a network of life throughout Barcelona.

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Stepping Pond

Cleansing Waterfall

Process Sketches

Master Plan

Different concentrations of water and vegetation create different levels of humidity and provide cooling environments for those seeking refuge from future tropical nights, which is a problem the city of Barcelona is anticipating and actively planning for today.

Circulation diagram

Water source and collection diagram

This diagram demonstrates the idea that the water can come from all directions, and people may interact with it in different ways. Whether that be to submerge, touch, pass through, or simply observe. The vegetation will also be incorporated at different levels and variations according to the water source that they touch.

Vegetation diagram

Planter Sketch

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TREETOP VILLAGE MIXED-USE PLAZA Spring 2019 - Community Design Studio Location: State College, PA Description:

Entrance Ramp

Along the major route of North Atherton Street in State College, a mixeduse retail space lies in the heart of a brand new community. It welcomes its’ residents and encourages outside users to gather. This mixeduse plaza tells a story.

Stormwater is collected off of the roof of the building and channeled down into a series of runnels.

From these runnels, green columns decorated with vibrant wisteria create a grid pattern across the plaza.

Lower Plaza

Fountain Area

Fountain Drip Irrigation Line

The exposed rain pipes running down from the roof and semi-exposed runnels demonstrate how water is the source of life from which the vegetation emerges. The upper portions of the wall facades are decorated with greenery. This plaza provides the community with a relaxing urban space that welcomes nature into its’ interior to connect the architecture, landscape, and the people.

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Concrete Building Facade

Ramp Furring Strips - Air Space Upper Plaza

PVC Waterproof Membrane Fibrous Growth Media Vegetation

Master Plan

Green Wall Detail

Drip irrigation system is used to water green wall.

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Upper Level

Exposed Rain Pipe

Cafe

Cross Section A-A’

Water is collected from rooftops and sent through runnels, then recycled to irrigation.

All of the water on site is to be recycled. Underneath the plaza, a main cistern will hold excess water for dry periods and to continuously supply the fountain. The organic shapes are meant to mimic water flowing through the site.

Vegetation emerges from water sources.

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GREEN ALLEYS Fall 2018 - Systems Studio

Bioswales

Location: State College, PA Description:

Throughout the Spring Creek Watershed, several problems arise. One of the issues the watershed faces is declining water quality. As State College continues to urbanize, streams will ultimately become more impaired if proper strategies are not implemented to combat this issue. Located in the central downtown area, Calder Green Way transforms this underutilized alley into a green and inviting place for the community.

Permeable pavers cover the entire alley, where rain gardens of various shapes pop up and create a more organic path through the space. The access point located along Allen Street is pedestrian only.

The west portion of the alley allows for vehicular access, for emergency and service entry.

This portion includes a grass strip that allows for cars to pass through, while continuing the green of the alley through the entire block.

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Main Plaza

Permeable Pavement

Grass Strip Vehicular Access Section Vehicular Access Route

Apartment Parking

Calder Way Plan

Permeable pavement Sand setting bed

Grass Strip

Concrete cut Compacted aggregate

Filter Layer

Gravel bed Perforated pipe

Process Sketches

Vehicular Access Treatment Section

Native rain garden plants

Prepared top soil mixture

Permeable pavement

Sand setting bed

Perforated pipe

Compacted aggregate Gravel bed Filter layer

Calder Green Way can be extended throughout the entirety of Calder Way, and create a new green network with pedestrian focused spaces to provide a safe and intriguing route spanning the entire downtown area.

Rain garden Diagram

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BARTRAM’S MOUNDS Spring 2017 - Masterplanning Studio

Bridge Connection from neighborhood

Location: Philadelphia, PA Description:

The site adjacent to Philadelphia’s beloved Bartram’s Garden is currently a heavily polluted vacant space. This expansive, underutilized lot will be transformed into a community friendly space that connects people to the Schuylkill River. Landform helps create an engaging waterfront park for children, with the incorporation of Bartram’s Boat Building School. The design consists of large bridge structures that are lifted by different mounds. Along the back of the site, a sensory garden for children to explore helps soften the edge between the old railroad tracks. This site although focuses on children, includes spaces for adults to relax and explore such as the outdoor cafe area and scenic walk along the water.

Sensory Garden

Picnic Area Car Drop-off

Bus Lane Bathrooms

Stage Area

Splash Pad

Main Lawn Wetland Cove Boat Building School

Outdoor Boat Building Space

Water Mounds Boat Launch

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Master Plan

Viewing Platforms

Bartram’s Mile Proposed Extension

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Boat Building Entrance Perspective

Lemon Balm Melissa officinalis

Lavendar Lavendar sp.

Sacred Basil Ocimum sanctum

Lamb’s Ear Stachys byzantina

Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica

Sensory Garden Plant Sample Riparian Zone Plant Sample

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Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica

Detailed Boat Building Area

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American Holly Ilex opaca

Black Willow Salix nigra

Silky Dogwood Cornus amomum

Bartram’s Garden has a boat building program that they wish to extend. This plaza accommodates the boat building program in the existing building on site, and create an outdoor building space as well. Users can learn how to construct their boats, and launch them directly into the water.

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TECHNICAL DRAWINGS Date: 12/8/2019 Student: #153 Scale: 1" = 20'-0"

Location: State College, PA

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Site Design and Bioretention Grading

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stormwater project we were asked to design a parking lot with separate bus drop off and plaza space. It also includes a main entry plaza, ramp system, and rear patio area. We began by finding a total drainage area and creating a design-storm, in order to figure out proper sizing of pipes required on site. We then moved on to calculating necessary areas for bioretention in order to handle all of the stormwater that would touch our site.

This image represents the final grading plan including the necessary bioretention.

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Center for Sustainability at Penn State

Description: For this

Luminaire as specified

Handhole - see pole specification

Base cover

Concrete Base Refer to structuring for reinforcement Conduit for electrical refer to manufacturer for sizing Copper ground rod Compacted subgrade

Reinforced concrete pier Compacted aggregate

Grading Plan

Street Light Installation Detail

This was a semester long project that required us to work with Civil Imperial to grade a residential parking lot and screen it from the building located on the adjacent lot using landform. We were then able to build the 3D surface and calculate the cut and fill required for the design to work.

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PERSONAL ART

Mixed Media - Twins

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Acrylic - Self Portrait

Inkwash - Jasper Johns

Graphite Drawing - City Garden

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allisonwilliams5777@gmail.com (814)571-0588

It has always amazed me how nature can evoke such strong emotions and how it is often an escape, which is why many vacations are spent exploring beautiful landscapes. I grew up spending every summer camping at Ricketts Glen State Park. Every trip, I would make a new friend. Now that landscape architecture has gifted me with the ability to view these places under a different scope, I have seen the way that these campsites encouraged us to connect with our neighbors while still providing us with our own space. This is something that I strive to implement in my designs: a way for people to connect with one another through the enjoyment of alluring green spaces.

I am determined to design places that will allow for both the community and the environment to thrive. I have a particular interest in managing stormwater through the use of artful design and bringing nature’s calming qualities to urban settings.